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World English Bible

Exodus 27 (WEBP)

[1] “You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide. The altar shall be square. Its height shall be three cubits.
[2] You shall make its horns on its four corners. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. You shall overlay it with bronze.
[3] You shall make its pots to take away its ashes; and its shovels, its basins, its meat hooks, and its fire pans. You shall make all its vessels of bronze.
[4] You shall make a grating for it of network of bronze. On the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners.
[5] You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.
[6] You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.
[7] Its poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar when carrying it.
[8] You shall make it hollow with planks. They shall make it as it has been shown you on the mountain.
[9] “You shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side.
[10] Its pillars shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
[11] Likewise for the length of the north side, there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and its pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.
[12] For the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
[13] The width of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
[14] The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
[15] For the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
[16] For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
[17] All the pillars of the court around shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of bronze.
[18] The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of bronze.
[19] All the instruments of the tabernacle in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of bronze.
[20] “You shall command the children of Israel, that they bring to you pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.
[21] In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil which is before the covenant, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Yahweh: it shall be a statute forever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

Exodus 27:1a A cubit is the length from the tip of the middle finger to the elbow on a man’s arm, or about 18 inches or 46 centimeters.
Exodus 27:1b The altar was to be about 2.3×2.3×1.4 meters or about 7¹⁄₂×7¹⁄₂×4¹⁄₂ feet.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Exodus 27 (KJVS)

[1] And thou shalt make () an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: () and the height thereof shall be three cubits.
[2] And thou shalt make () the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay () it with brass.
[3] And thou shalt make () his pans to receive his ashes, () and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make () of brass.
[4] And thou shalt make () for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make () four brasen rings in the four corners thereof.
[5] And thou shalt put () it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
[6] And thou shalt make () staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay () them with brass.
[7] And the staves shall be put () into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear () it.
[8] Hollow () with boards shalt thou make () it: as it was shewed () thee in the mount, so shall they make () it.
[9] And thou shalt make () the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined () linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
[10] and the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
[11] And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
[12] And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
[13] And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
[14] The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
[15] And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
[16] And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined () linen, wrought with needlework: () and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
[17] All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted () with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
[18] The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined () linen, and their sockets of brass.
[19] All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.
[20] And thou shalt command () the children of Israel, that they bring () thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn () always.
[21] In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order () it from evening to morning before the Lord: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

Exodus 27:8 Heb. he shewed
Exodus 27:18 Heb. fifty by fifty
Exodus 27:20 Heb. to ascend up

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Exodus 27 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ποιήσεις () θυσιαστήριον () ἐκ () ξύλων () ἀσήπτων, πέντε () πήχεων () τὸ () μῆκος () καὶ () πέντε () πήχεων () τὸ () εὖρος—τετράγωνον () ἔσται () τὸ () θυσιαστήριον ()—καὶ () τριῶν () πήχεων () τὸ () ὕψος () αὐτοῦ. ()
[2] Καὶ () ποιήσεις () τὰ () κέρατα () ἐπὶ () τῶν () τεσσάρων () γωνιῶν· () ἐξ () αὐτοῦ () ἔσται () τὰ () κέρατα· () καὶ () καλύψεις () αὐτὰ () χαλκῷ. ()
[3] Καὶ () ποιήσεις () στεφάνην τῷ () θυσιαστηρίῳ () καὶ () τὸν () καλυπτῆρα αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὰς () φιάλας () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὰς () κρεάγρας αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὸ () πυρεῖον αὐτοῦ· () καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () σκεύη () αὐτοῦ () ποιήσεις () χαλκᾶ. ()
[4] Καὶ () ποιήσεις () αὐτῷ () ἐσχάραν ἔργῳ () δικτυωτῷ χαλκῆν· καὶ () ποιήσεις () τῇ () ἐσχάρᾳ τέσσαρας () δακτυλίους χαλκοῦς () ἐπὶ () τὰ () τέσσαρα () κλίτη.
[5] Καὶ () ὑποθήσεις () αὐτοὺς () ὑπὸ () τὴν () ἐσχάραν τοῦ () θυσιαστηρίου () κάτωθεν· ἔσται () δὲ () ἡ () ἐσχάρα ἕως () τοῦ () ἡμίσους () τοῦ () θυσιαστηρίου. ()
[6] Καὶ () ποιήσεις () τῷ () θυσιαστηρίῳ () φορεῖς () ἐκ () ξύλων () ἀσήπτων καὶ () περιχαλκώσεις αὐτοὺς () χαλκῷ. ()
[7] Καὶ () εἰσάξεις () τοὺς () φορεῖς () εἰς () τοὺς () δακτυλίους, καὶ () ἔστωσαν () οἱ () φορεῖς () κατὰ () τὰ () πλευρὰ () τοῦ () θυσιαστηρίου () ἐν () τῷ () αἴρειν () αὐτό. ()
[8] Κοῖλον σανιδωτὸν ποιήσεις () αὐτό· () κατὰ () τὸ () παραδειχθέν σοι () ἐν () τῷ () ὄρει, () οὕτως () ποιήσεις () αὐτό. ()
[9] Καὶ () ποιήσεις () αὐλὴν () τῇ () σκηνῇ· () εἰς () τὸ () κλίτος τὸ () πρὸς () λίβα () ἱστία τῆς () αὐλῆς () ἐκ () βύσσου () κεκλωσμένης, μῆκος () ἑκατὸν () πηχῶν () τῷ () ἑνὶ () κλίτει·
[10] καὶ () οἱ () στῦλοι () αὐτῶν () εἴκοσι, () καὶ () αἱ () βάσεις () αὐτῶν () εἴκοσι () χαλκαῖ, καὶ () οἱ () κρίκοι αὐτῶν () καὶ () αἱ () ψαλίδες αὐτῶν () ἀργυραῖ.
[11] Οὕτως () τῷ () κλίτει τῷ () πρὸς () ἀπηλιώτην ἱστία, ἑκατὸν () πηχῶν () μῆκος· () καὶ () οἱ () στῦλοι () αὐτῶν () εἴκοσι, () καὶ () αἱ () βάσεις () αὐτῶν () εἴκοσι () χαλκαῖ, καὶ () οἱ () κρίκοι καὶ () αἱ () ψαλίδες τῶν () στύλων () καὶ () αἱ () βάσεις () αὐτῶν () περιηργυρωμέναι ἀργύρῳ. ()
[12] Τὸ () δὲ () εὖρος τῆς () αὐλῆς () τὸ () κατὰ () θάλασσαν () ἱστία πεντήκοντα () πηχῶν· () στῦλοι () αὐτῶν () δέκα, () καὶ () αἱ () βάσεις () αὐτῶν () δέκα. ()
[13] Καὶ () εὖρος τῆς () αὐλῆς () τὸ () πρὸς () νότον () ἱστία πεντήκοντα () πήχεων· () στῦλοι () αὐτῶν () δέκα, () καὶ () αἱ () βάσεις () αὐτῶν () δέκα. ()
[14] Καὶ () πεντεκαίδεκα πήχεων () τὸ () ὕψος () τῶν () ἱστίων τῷ () κλίτει τῷ () ἑνί· () στῦλοι () αὐτῶν () τρεῖς, () καὶ () αἱ () βάσεις () αὐτῶν () τρεῖς. ()
[15] Καὶ () τὸ () κλίτος τὸ () δεύτερον, () δέκα () πέντε () πηχῶν () τῶν () ἱστίων τὸ () ὕψος· () στῦλοι () αὐτῶν () τρεῖς, () καὶ () αἱ () βάσεις () αὐτῶν () τρεῖς. ()
[16] Καὶ () τῇ () πύλῃ () τῆς () αὐλῆς () κάλυμμα, () εἴκοσι () πηχῶν () τὸ () ὕψος, () ἐξ () ὑακίνθου () καὶ () πορφύρας () καὶ () κοκκίνου () κεκλωσμένου καὶ () βύσσου () κεκλωσμένης τῇ () ποικιλίᾳ τοῦ () ῥαφιδευτοῦ· στῦλοι () αὐτῶν () τέσσαρες, () καὶ () αἱ () βάσεις () αὐτῶν () τέσσαρες. ()
[17] Πάντες () οἱ () στῦλοι () τῆς () αὐλῆς () κύκλῳ () κατηργυρωμένοι ἀργυρίῳ, () καὶ () αἱ () κεφαλίδες () αὐτῶν () ἀργυραῖ, καὶ () αἱ () βάσεις () αὐτῶν () χαλκαῖ.
[18] Τὸ () δὲ () μῆκος () τῆς () αὐλῆς () ἑκατὸν () ἐφ’ () ἑκατόν, () καὶ () εὖρος πεντήκοντα () ἐπὶ () πεντήκοντα, () καὶ () ὕψος () πέντε () πηχῶν, () ἐκ () βύσσου () κεκλωσμένης, καὶ () αἱ () βάσεις () αὐτῶν () χαλκαῖ.
[19] Καὶ () πᾶσα () ἡ () κατασκευὴ καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () ἐργαλεῖα καὶ () οἱ () πάσσαλοι τῆς () αὐλῆς () χαλκοῖ.
[20] Καὶ () σὺ () σύνταξον () τοῖς () υἱοῖς () Ισραηλ () καὶ () λαβέτωσάν () σοι () ἔλαιον () ἐξ () ἐλαίων () ἄτρυγον καθαρὸν () κεκομμένον () εἰς () φῶς () καῦσαι, () ἵνα () κάηται () λύχνος () διὰ () παντός. ()
[21] Ἐν () τῇ () σκηνῇ () τοῦ () μαρτυρίου () ἔξωθεν () τοῦ () καταπετάσματος () τοῦ () ἐπὶ () τῆς () διαθήκης () καύσει () αὐτὸ () Ααρων () καὶ () οἱ () υἱοὶ () αὐτοῦ () ἀφ’ () ἑσπέρας () ἕως () πρωῒ () ἐναντίον () κυρίου· () νόμιμον αἰώνιον () εἰς () τὰς () γενεὰς () ὑμῶν () παρὰ () τῶν () υἱῶν () Ισραηλ. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.