The Tanakh · JPS 1917 Translation

Exodus 27

Jewish Publication Society 1917 · Torah

Exodus chapter 27 — part of the Torah in the Jewish Bible. In the classic JPS 1917 translation it opens: “And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be four-square; and the height thereof shall be…” — the complete text of all 21 verses is below, free to read online.

1And thou shalt make the altar of acacia-wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be four-square; and the height thereof shall be three cubits.

2And 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.

3And thou shalt make its pots to take away its ashes, and its shovels, and its basins, and its flesh-hooks, and its fire-pans; all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass.

4And 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.

5And thou shalt put it under the ledge round the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar.

6And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of acacia-wood, and overlay them with brass.

7And the staves thereof shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, in bearing it.

8Hollow with planks shalt thou make it; as it hath been shown thee in the mount, so shall they make it.

9And 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.

10And the pillars thereof shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.

11And 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.

12And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

13And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.

14The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

15And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

16And 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 weaver in colours: their pillars four, and their sockets four.

17All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.

18The 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.

19All 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.

20And 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.

21In the tent of meeting, without the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall set it in order, to burn from evening to morning before HaShem; it shall be a statute for ever throughout their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

21 verses · JPS 1917 (public domain)

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