--- title: "Exodus 27:1-20 KJV - \"And thou shalt make an altar of shitti...\" | Real Bible Believers" description: "\"And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the heig\" — Read Exodus 27:1-20 in the King James Version (KJV) with commentary, cross references, and Greek/Hebrew lexicon." image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/kjv/exodus/27/1-20" --- [ Read](/kjv/exodus/27)[ Commentary](/study/exodus/27)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/exodus/27) Audio ## Exodus 27:1-20 in Context (Verses 1–21 KJV) [1 ](/kjv/exodus/27/1) And thou shalt make an altar *of* shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof *shall be* three cubits. [2 ](/kjv/exodus/27/2) And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. [3 ](/kjv/exodus/27/3) And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make *of* brass. [4 ](/kjv/exodus/27/4) And thou shalt make for it a grate of network *of* brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. [5 ](/kjv/exodus/27/5) And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. [6 ](/kjv/exodus/27/6) And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves *of* shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. [7 ](/kjv/exodus/27/7) And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. [8 ](/kjv/exodus/27/8) Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make *it*.* [9 ](/kjv/exodus/27/9) ¶ And thou shalt make the 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: [10 ](/kjv/exodus/27/10) And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets *shall be of* brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets *shall be of* silver. [11 ](/kjv/exodus/27/11) And likewise for the north side in length *there shall be* hangings of an hundred *cubits* long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets *of* brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets *of* silver. [12 ](/kjv/exodus/27/12) ¶ And *for* the breadth of the court on the west side *shall be* hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. [13 ](/kjv/exodus/27/13) And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward *shall be* fifty cubits. [14 ](/kjv/exodus/27/14) The hangings of one side *of the gate shall be* fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. [15 ](/kjv/exodus/27/15) And on the other side *shall be* hangings fifteen *cubits:* their pillars three, and their sockets three. [16 ](/kjv/exodus/27/16) ¶ And for the gate of the court *shall be* an hanging of twenty cubits, *of* blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: *and* their pillars *shall be* four, and their sockets four. [17 ](/kjv/exodus/27/17) All the pillars round about the court *shall be* filleted with silver; their hooks *shall be of* silver, and their sockets *of* brass. [18 ](/kjv/exodus/27/18) ¶ The length of the court *shall be* an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits *of* fine twined linen, and their sockets *of* brass.* [19 ](/kjv/exodus/27/19) All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, *shall be of* brass. [20 ](/kjv/exodus/27/20) ¶ And thou shalt command the children of Israel, that they bring thee pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.* [21 ](/kjv/exodus/27/21) In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which *is* before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: *it shall be* a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel. 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