1. Then he built the altar for burning offerings. He made the altar of acacia wood. The altar was square. It was 7½ feet long, 7½ feet wide and 4½ feet high.
2. He made each corner stick out like a horn. The horns and the altar were joined together in one piece. Then he covered the altar with bronze.
3. He made all the tools of bronze to use on the altar: the pots, shovels, bowls for sprinkling blood, meat forks and pans for carrying the fire.
4. He made a large bronze screen to hold the burning wood for the altar. He put the screen inside the altar, under its rim, halfway up from the bottom.
5. He made bronze rings for holding the poles for carrying the altar. He put the rings at the four corners of the screen.
6. Then he made poles of acacia wood and covered them with bronze.
7. He put the poles through the rings on both sides of the altar. They were used for carrying the altar. He made the altar of boards and left the inside hollow.
8. He made the bronze bowl for washing. He built it on a bronze stand. He used the bronze of mirrors. These mirrors belonged to the women who served at the entrance to the Meeting Tent.
9. Then he made a wall of curtains to form a courtyard around the Holy Tent. On the south side the curtains were 150 feet long and were made of fine linen.
10. The curtains hung on silver hooks and bands. These were on 20 bronze posts on 20 bronze bases.
11. On the north side the wall of curtains was also 150 feet long. It hung on silver hooks and bands on 20 posts with 20 bronze bases.
12. On the west side of the courtyard, the wall of curtains was 75 feet long. It was held up by silver hooks and bands on 10 posts and 10 bases.
13. The east side was 75 feet wide.
14. On one side of the entry there was a wall of curtains that was 22½ feet long. It was held up by 3 posts and 3 bases.