1 And thou shalt make the altar of acacia 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; the horns thereof shall be of one piece with it: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. 3 And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 4 And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of brass: and upon the net shalt thou make four brazen rings in the four corners thereof. 5 And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar. 6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass. 7 And the staves thereof shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, in bearing it. 8 Hollow with planks shalt thou make it: as it hath been showed 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 a hundred cubits long for one side: 10 and the pillars thereof shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, 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 a hundred cubits long, and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sockets twenty, 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 for the one side [of the gate] shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15 And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three. 16 And 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 round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass. 18 The length of the court shall be a 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 instruments 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 unto thee pure olive oil beaten for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually. 21 In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before Jehovah: it shall be a statute for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
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Exodus 27 American Standard Version (1901)
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Aaron
Moses' brother and spokesman, Israel's first high priest.
Cited in the guide: Exodus 4–40; Leviticus 8–10
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- 1 Exodus 38:1–7; Exodus 24:4; Exodus 40:29; 2 Samuel 24:18; Ezekiel 43:13–17
- 2 Psalm 118:27; 1 Kings 1:50; Leviticus 4:7; Exodus 29:12; Leviticus 8:15
- 3 1 Kings 7:45; Exodus 38:3; 1 Kings 7:40; 2 Kings 25:15; Leviticus 16:12
- 4 Exodus 25:12; Exodus 35:16; Exodus 38:4–5
- 5 Exodus 38:4
- 6 Numbers 4:44; Exodus 35:13–15; Exodus 30:4
- 7 Numbers 4:13–14; Exodus 25:28; Exodus 30:4
- 8 Exodus 25:40; Exodus 25:9; Hebrews 8:5; 1 Chronicles 28:11; Matthew 15:9
- 9 Exodus 38:9–20; Ezekiel 40:28; Ezekiel 42:3; Exodus 39:40; Ezekiel 42:19–20
- 10 Jeremiah 52:21; Exodus 36:38; Exodus 26:19–21
- 14 Exodus 26:36; Exodus 27:9
- 16 Exodus 26:36; Exodus 28:39; Judges 5:30; Exodus 36:37; Exodus 39:29
- 19 Exodus 39:40; Exodus 27:3; Isaiah 22:23–25; Isaiah 33:20; Ezra 9:8
- 20 Leviticus 24:1–4; Psalm 23:5; Zechariah 4:11–14; Judges 9:9; Exodus 39:37
- 21 Numbers 18:23; Numbers 19:21; Leviticus 3:17; Leviticus 16:34; Exodus 30:8
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The altar of burnt-offering also was five cubits in breadth. Five priests were chosen in the wilderness,--namely, Aaron, Nadab, Abiud, Eleazar, Ithamar.