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Exodus 27:6-17 New Century Version (NCV)

6. “Make poles of acacia wood for the altar, and cover them with bronze.

7. Put the poles through the rings on both sides of the altar to carry it.

8. Make the altar out of boards and leave the inside hollow. Make it as you were shown on the mountain.

9. “Make a wall of curtains to form a courtyard around the Holy Tent. The south side should have a wall of fine linen curtains one hundred fifty feet long.

10. Hang the curtains with silver hooks and bands on twenty bronze posts with twenty bronze bases.

11. The north side must also be one hundred fifty feet long. Hang its curtains on silver hooks and bands on twenty bronze posts with twenty bronze bases.

12. “The west end of the courtyard must have a wall of curtains seventy-five feet long, with ten posts and ten bases on that wall.

13. The east end of the courtyard must also be seventy-five feet long.

14. On one side of the entry, there is to be a wall of curtains twenty-two and one-half feet long, held up by three posts on three bases.

15. On the other side of the entry, there is also to be a wall of curtains twenty-two and one-half feet long, held up by three posts on three bases.

16. “The entry to the courtyard is to be a curtain thirty feet wide, made of fine linen with blue, purple, and red thread. Someone who can sew well is to sew designs on it. It is to be held up by four posts on four bases.

17. All the posts around the courtyard must have silver bands and hooks and bronze bases.

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