Exodus 27:9-18

The Bronze Altar

⁹“Now you shall make the courtyard of the tabernacle. On the south side there shall be hangings for the courtyard of fine twisted linen, a hundred cubits long for one side; ¹⁰and its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty bases of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver. ¹¹Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty bases of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver. ¹²For the width of the courtyard on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits, with their ten pillars and their ten bases. ¹³The width of the courtyard on the east side shall be fifty cubits. ¹⁴The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases. ¹⁵And for the other side there shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases. ¹⁶And for the gate of the courtyard there shall be a curtain of twenty cubits, of violet, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver, with their four pillars and their four bases. ¹⁷All the pillars around the courtyard shall be joined together with silver, with their hooks of silver and their bases of bronze. ¹⁸The length of the courtyard shall be a hundred cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits of fine twisted linen, and their bases of bronze.