The Bronze Altar (Exodus 38:1–7)
1 DRA Thou shalt make also an altar of setim wood, which shall be five cubits long and as many broad, that is, foursquare, and three cubits high. BSB BSB: “You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
3 DRA And thou shalt make for the uses thereof pans to receive the ashes, and tongs and fleshhooks, and firepans: all its vessels thou shalt make of brass. BSB BSB: Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots for removing ashes, its shovels, its sprinkling bowls, its meat forks, and its firepans.
4 DRA And a grate of brass in manner of a net: at the four corners of which shall be four rings of brass, BSB BSB: Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.
5 DRA Which thou shalt put under the hearth of the altar: and the grate shall be even to the midst of the altar. BSB BSB: Set the grate beneath the ledge of the altar, so that the mesh comes halfway up the altar.
6 DRA Thou shalt make also two bars for the altar of setim wood, which thou shalt cover with plates of brass: BSB BSB: Additionally, make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.
7 DRA And thou shalt draw them through rings, and they shall be on both sides of the altar to carry it. BSB BSB: The poles are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried.
8 DRA Thou shalt not make it solid, but empty and hollow in the inside, as it was shewn thee in the mount. BSB BSB: Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.
The Courtyard (Exodus 38:9–20)
9 DRA Thou shalt make also the court of the tabernacle, in the south side whereof southward there shall be hangings of fine twisted linen of a hundred cubits long for one side. BSB BSB: You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,
10 DRA And twenty pillars with as many sockets of brass, the heads of which with their engraving of silver. BSB BSB: with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.
11 DRA In like manner also on the north side there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long, twenty pillars, and as many sockets of brass, and their heads with their engraving of silver. BSB BSB: Likewise there are to be curtains on the north side, a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
12 DRA But in the breadth of the court, that looketh to the west, there shall be hangings of fifty cubits, and ten pillars, and as many sockets. BSB BSB: The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.
13 DRA In that breadth also of the court, which looketh to the east, there shall be fifty cubits. BSB BSB: The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide.
14 DRA In which there shall be for one side hangings of fifteen cubits, and three pillars and as many sockets. BSB BSB: Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases,
15 DRA And in the other side there shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with three pillars and as many sockets. BSB BSB: and the curtains on the other side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.
16 DRA And in the entrance of the court there shall be made a hanging of twenty cubits of violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen, with embroidered work: it shall have four pillars with as many sockets. BSB BSB: The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.
17 DRA All the pillars of the court round about shall be garnished with plates of silver, silver heads and sockets of brass. BSB BSB: All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.
18 DRA In length the court shall take up a hundred cubits, in breadth fifty, the height shall be of five cubits, and it shall be made of fine twisted linen, and shall have sockets of brass. BSB BSB: The entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.
19 DRA All the vessels of the tabernacle for all uses and ceremonies, and the pins both of it, and of the court, thou shalt make of brass. BSB BSB: All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.
The Oil for the Lamps (Leviticus 24:1–4)
20 DRA Command the children of Israel that they bring thee the purest oil of the olives, and beaten with a pestle: that a lamp may burn always, BSB BSB: And you are to command the Israelites to bring you pure oil of pressed olives for the light, to keep the lamps burning continually.
21 DRA In the tabernacle of the testimony without the veil that hangs before the testimony. And Aaron and his sons shall order it, that it may give light before the Lord until the morning. It shall be a perpetual observance throughout their successions among the children of Israel. BSB BSB: In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.