Exodus 27:8-21 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

8. Construct the altar in the shape of an open box, just as you were shown on the mountain.

16. Use four more of these posts for the entrance way, then hang on them an embroidered curtain of fine linen nine metres long and woven with blue, purple, and red wool.

19. The rest of the equipment for the sacred tent must be made of bronze, including the pegs for the tent and for the curtain surrounding the courtyard.

20. Command the people of Israel to supply you with the purest olive oil. Do this so the lamp will keep burning

21. in front of the curtain that separates the holy place from the most holy place, where the sacred chest is kept. Aaron and his sons are responsible for keeping the lamp burning every night in the sacred tent. The Israelites must always obey this command.

Exodus 27