The Altar of Burnt Offering
1“Build an altar of acacia wood, three cubits27:1 That is, about 4 1/2 feet or about 1.4 meters high; it is to be square, five cubits long and five cubits wide.27:1 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters long and wide 2Make a horn at each of the four corners, so that the horns and the altar are of one piece, and overlay the altar with bronze. 3Make all its utensils of bronze—its pots to remove the ashes, and its shovels, sprinkling bowls, meat forks and firepans. 4Make a grating for it, a bronze network, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the network. 5Put it under the ledge of the altar so that it is halfway up the altar. 6Make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze. 7The poles are to be inserted into the rings so they will be on two sides of the altar when it is carried. 8Make the altar hollow, out of boards. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain.
The Courtyard
9“Make a courtyard for the tabernacle. The south side shall be a hundred cubits27:9 That is, about 150 feet or about 45 meters; also in verse 11 long and is to have curtains of finely twisted linen, 10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. 11The north side shall also be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
12“The west end of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits27:12 That is, about 75 feet or about 23 meters; also in verse 13 wide and have curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. 13On the east end, toward the sunrise, the courtyard shall also be fifty cubits wide. 14Curtains fifteen cubits27:14 That is, about 23 feet or about 6.8 meters; also in verse 15 long are to be on one side of the entrance, with three posts and three bases, 15and curtains fifteen cubits long are to be on the other side, with three posts and three bases.
16“For the entrance to the courtyard, provide a curtain twenty cubits27:16 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters long, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer—with four posts and four bases. 17All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands and hooks, and bronze bases. 18The courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide,27:18 That is, about 150 feet long and 75 feet wide or about 45 meters long and 23 meters wide with curtains of finely twisted linen five cubits27:18 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters high, and with bronze bases. 19All the other articles used in the service of the tabernacle, whatever their function, including all the tent pegs for it and those for the courtyard, are to be of bronze.
Oil for the Lampstand
20“Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning. 21In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law, Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps burning before the Lord from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance among the Israelites for the generations to come.
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祭壇
1アカシヤ材で祭壇を作りなさい。一辺が五キュビト（二･二メートル）の正方形で、高さは三キュビト（一・三二メートル）にする。 2四隅に角をしっかり取りつけ、全体に青銅をかぶせる。 3灰を取るつぼ、十能（灰をすくう道具）、鉢、肉刺し、香炉も、みな青銅で作る。 4青銅の格子を作り、四隅に青銅の環をつける。 5炉の半ばほどの高さの所に棧を作り、そこに格子を取りつける。 6祭壇を移動させるために、青銅をかぶせたアカシヤ材の棒を作る。 7祭壇の両側面に環をつけ、その中に棒を通して運ぶ。 8祭壇は板で作り、中を空洞にする。すべて、わたしが山の上で指示したとおりに作りなさい。
幕屋の周囲の庭
9-10次に幕屋の庭を造る。上等の撚り糸で織った亜麻布で幕を作り、庭を囲む。南側には百キュビト（四十四メートル）にわたって幕を張り、二十個の青銅の土台にはめ込んだ二十本の柱で支える。柱に取りつけた銀のかぎに銀の環をかけ、幕を垂らしなさい。 11北側も同じようにする。青銅の土台に二十本の柱をはめ込み、銀のかぎと環で百キュビトの幕を張る。 12西側は土台十個に柱十本、幕は幅五十キュビト（二十二メートル）とする。 13東側も同じく五十キュビトである。 14-15ただし、中央に入口があり、その両側に十五キュビト（六・六メートル）ずつ幕を張る。三個の土台にはめ込んだ三本の柱が、それを支える。
16庭の入口は幅二十キュビト（八・八メートル）の幕をかける。青と紫と緋色の撚り糸と、撚り糸で織った亜麻布で作った、美しい刺しゅう入りの幕である。幕は、四個の土台にはめ込んだ四本の柱に取りつける。 17庭の回りの柱はすべて銀の環をつけ、銀のかぎを使う。柱は青銅の土台にしっかりはめ込んでおく。 18こうして庭全体は長さ百キュビト、幅五十キュビトになる。周囲の幕は撚り糸で織った亜麻布で、高さ五キュビトの仕切りとなる。
19幕屋での奉仕に使う道具類、それを壁からつるすための釘や庭のくいなど、すべて青銅で作る。
ともしび
20人々に命じて、ともしび用の純粋なオリーブ油を持って来させ、幕屋の中で、絶えずともしびを燃やし続けなければならない。 21アロンとその子らは、この永遠の炎を契約の箱の前にある垂れ幕の外側に置き、昼も夜も消えることがないように、主の前で番をする。これはイスラエルの永遠のおきてである。
