Exodus 27

Exodus 27

Exodus 27:1 “You should make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad. The altar should be square, and its height should be three cubits.

Exodus 27:2 And you should make horns for it on its four corners; its horns should be of one piece with it, and you should overlay it with bronze.

Exodus 27:3 You should make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and fire pans. You should make all its utensils of bronze.

Exodus 27:4 You should also make for it a grating, a network of bronze, and on the net, you should make four bronze rings at its four corners.

Exodus 27:5 And you should set it under the border of the altar so that the net extends halfway down the altar.

Exodus 27:6 And you should make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.

Exodus 27:7 And the poles should be put through the rings, so that the poles are on the two sides of the altar when it is carried.

Exodus 27:8 You should make it hollow, with boards. As it had been revealed to you on the mountain, this is how it should be made.

Exodus 27:9 “You should make the courtyard of the tabernacle. On the south side the courtyard should have drapes of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side.

Exodus 27:10 Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases should be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets should be of silver.

Exodus 27:11 And likewise for its length on the north side there should be hangings a hundred cubits long, its pillars twenty and their bases twenty of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets should be of silver.

Exodus 27:12 And for the breadth of the courtyard on the west side there should be drapes for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases.

Exodus 27:13 The breadth of the courtyard on the front to the east should be fifty cubits.

Exodus 27:14 The drapes for one side of the gate should be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.

Exodus 27:15 On the other side the drapes should be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.

Exodus 27:16 For the gate of the courtyard there should be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. It should have four pillars and with them four bases.

Exodus 27:17 All the pillars around the courtyard should be filleted with silver. Their hooks should be of silver, and their bases of bronze.

Exodus 27:18 The length of the courtyard should be a hundred cubits, the breadth fifty, and the height five cubits, with drapes of fine twined linen and bases of bronze.

Exodus 27:19 All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the courtyard, should be of bronze.

Exodus 27:20 “You should command the sons of Israel so that they bring to you pure processed olive oil for the light, so that a lamp may be regularly set up to burn.

Exodus 27:21 In the conference tent,[1] outside the veil that is before the reminder, Aaron and his sons should tend it from evening to morning before Yahveh. It should be a permanent prescription throughout their generations from the sons of Israel.

[1] אֹ֣הֶל מוֹעֵד = conference tent. Exodus 27:21; 28:43; 29:4, 10, 11, 30, 32, 42, 44; 30:16, 18, 20, 26, 36; 31:7; 33:7; 35:21; 38:8, 30; 39:32, 40; 40:2, 6, 7, 12, 22, 24, 26, 29, 30, 32, 34, 35.

Exodus 27 quotes:

“The ministry of Aaron the High Priest was to (1) trim the wicks by taking away the burnt part and (2) to supply oil in the morning and evening as he ministered at the Altar of Incense (Exodus 27:21; Leviticus 24:3 and Numbers 8:1-3). So Jesus Christ, as our Great High Priest performs His ministry of trimming the wicks of the believers taking away the burnt-out areas and supplying oil for further light-bearing (Philippians 1:19; Matthew 25:1-13 and Revelation I:12, 20). This is done in connection with His ministry of Intercession (Hebrews 7:25; John 17). Unless the wicks are properly trimmed there will be an abundance of smoke and improper light. God wants a pure light and faithful witness to go forth.”

Conner, Kevin J. The Tabernacle of Moses. Bible Temple Pub., 1975. p. 45.

“The olive berry had to be squeezed, or pressed, and also had to be beaten (Exodus 27:20). Christ was not only smitten, but beaten for us.”

Guest, Dean. The Tabernacle : A Study Guide. Dove Press of San Antonio, 1991. p. 34.

“These lamps were ignited at the time of the evening sacrifice (Exodus 30:8). At the time of the morning sacrifice the priests filled and trimmed (Exodus 30:7) them. They were intended to give perpetual light (Exodus 27:20; Leviticus 24:2) which means they burned all night. According to Josephus (Antiquities III. 8:3), three of the lamps also burned during the daytimeOnly the purest olive oil supplied the fuel (Exodus 27:20; Leviticus 24:1-4). By slightly bruising the olive, rather than crushing it in the olive press, the priests collected this special oil. When in the press, the oil did not reach purity unless the priest gently pounded the olive making the first drops of oil the purest quality.”

Zehr, Paul M. God Dwells with His People : A Study of Israel’s Ancient Tabernacle. Herald Press, 1981. p. 82.