27:1 And thou shalt make an a altar [of] shittim wood, five
cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be
foursquare: and the height thereof [shall be] three cubits.
(a) For the burnt offering.
27:2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners
thereof: his horns shall be of b the same: and thou shalt
overlay it with brass.
(b) Of the same wood and matter not fastened to it.
27:9 And thou shalt make the c court of the tabernacle: for
the south side southward [there shall be] hangings for the
court [of] fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for
one side:
(c) This was the first entry into the tabernacle, where the
people abode.
27:10 And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets
[shall be of] brass; the hooks of the pillars and their
d fillets [shall be of] silver.
(d) They were certain hoops or circles to beautify the
pillar.
27:13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward
[shall be] e fifty cubits.
(e) Meaning curtains of fifty cubits.
27:14 The hangings of one f side [of the gate shall be]
fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets
three.
(f) Of the door of the court.
27:19 All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service
thereof, and all the g pins thereof, and all the pins of
the court, [shall be of] brass.
(g) Or stakes, with which the curtains were fastened to
the ground.
27:20 And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they
bring thee pure oil olive h beaten for the light, to
cause the lamp to burn always.
(h) Such as comes from the olive, when it is first pressed
or beaten.
