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- And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits the length, and five cubits the breadth;
the altar shall be square; and the height thereof three cubits.
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- And thou shalt make its horns at the four corners thereof;
its horns shall be of itself; and thou shalt overlay it with copper.
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- And thou shalt make its pots to cleanse it of the fat, its shovels, and its bowls, and its forks, and its firepans;
for all the utensils thereof thou shalt employ copper.
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- And thou shalt make for it a grating of network of copper;
and on the net shalt thou make four copper rings at its four corners;
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- and thou shalt put it under the ledge of the altar beneath, and the net shall be to the very middle of the altar.
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- And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with copper.
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- And its staves shall be put into the rings, that the staves may be on both sides of the altar, when it is carried.
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- Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it hath been shewn thee on the mountain, so shall they make [it].
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- And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle.
On the south side, southward, hangings for the court of twined byssus; a hundred cubits the length for the one side,
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- and the twenty pillars thereof, and their twenty bases of copper, the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver.
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- And likewise on the north side in length, hangings a hundred [cubits] long, and its twenty pillars, and their twenty bases of copper;
the hooks of the pillars and their connecting-rods of silver.
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- — And the breadth of the court on the west side, hangings of fifty cubits;
their pillars ten, and their bases ten.
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- — And the breadth of the court on the east side, eastward, fifty cubits;
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- the hangings on the one wing, of fifteen cubits;
their pillars three, and their bases three.
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- And on the other wing hangings of fifteen [cubits];
their pillars three, and their bases three.
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- — And for the gate of the court a curtain of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus, embroidered with needlework;
their pillars four, and their bases four.
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- All the pillars of the court round about shall be fastened together with [rods of] silver;
their hooks of silver, and their bases of copper.
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- The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty everywhere, and the height five cubits of twined byssus;
and their bases of copper.
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- All the utensils of the tabernacle for the service thereof and all the pegs thereof, and all the pegs of the court shall be of copper.
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- And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee olive oil, pure, beaten, for the light, to light the lamp continually.
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- In the tent of meeting outside the veil, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall dress them from evening to morning before Jehovah: [it is] an everlasting statute, for their generations, on the part of the children of Israel.
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