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Exodus 27

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 27 of 40

1 And you shall make the altar of acacia wood; five cubits long and five cubits wide. The altar shall be square, and its height three cubits.

2 And you shall make its horns on its four corners. Its horns shall be a part of itself. And you shall overlay it with bronze.

3 And you shall make its pots to remove its ashes, and its shovels and its sacrificial bowls, and its flesh forks, and its firepans. You shall make all its vessels to be bronze.

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Chapter Summary

1 The altar of burnt offering and the vessels. 9 The court of the tabernacle inclosed with hangings and pillars. 18 The size of the court. 20 The oil for the lamp.

Key Hebrew Words

מִזְבֵּחַ altar H4196 · TWOT 525b
קֶ֫רֶן horns of the altar H7161 · TWOT 2072a
חָצֵר court H2691 · TWOT 722a
קֶ֫לַע hangings H7050 · TWOT 2030a
עַמּוּד pillar H5982 · TWOT 1637c
שֶׁ֫מֶן oil for the light H8081 · TWOT 2410c

People & Context

Aaron

With his sons, tends the lamps before Jehovah from evening until morning as a lasting statute

Jehovah

The One before whom Aaron and his sons keep the lamps burning perpetually in the tent of meeting

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