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Exodus 27:14-21 Holy Bible: Easy-To-Read Version (ETR)

14. Here at the entrance to the courtyard, one side must have curtains 15 cubits long. There must be three posts and three bases on this side.

15. The other side of the entrance must also have curtains 15 cubits long. There must be three posts and three bases on that side.

16. “Make a curtain 20 cubits long to cover the entrance to the courtyard. Make that curtain from fine linen and blue, purple, and red yarn. Weave designs into that curtain. There must be four posts and four bases for that curtain.

17. All the posts around the courtyard must be joined with silver curtain rods. The hooks on the posts must be made from silver, and the bases for the posts must be bronze.

18. The courtyard should be 100 cubits long and 50 cubits wide. The wall of curtains around the courtyard should be 5 cubits high. The curtains must be made from fine linen. The bases under the posts must be bronze.

19. All the tools, tent pegs, and other things used in the Holy Tent must be made from bronze. And all the pegs for the curtains around the courtyard must be made from bronze.

20. “Command the Israelites to bring their best olive oil for the lamp that must be lit each evening.

21. This lamp is in the first room of the Meeting Tent, outside the curtain for the room where the Agreement is. Aaron and his sons will make sure this lamp is burning before the Lord every day from evening until morning. The Israelites and their descendants must obey this law forever.

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