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Lunedi, 29 aprile 2024 - Santa Caterina da Siena ( Letture di oggi)

Exodus 27


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NEW JERUSALEMDOUAI-RHEIMS
1 'You will make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar wil be squareand three cubits high.1 Thou shalt make also an altar of setim wood, which shall be five cubits long and as many broad, that is, foursquare, and three cubits high.
2 At its four corners you wil make horns, the horns must be of a piece with it, and you wil overlay it withbronze.2 And there shall be horns at the four corners of the same: and thou shalt cover it with brass.
3 And for it you will make pans for taking away the fatty ashes, and shovels, sprinkling basins, hooksand fire pans; you wil make al the altar accessories of bronze.3 And thou shalt make for the uses thereof pans to receive the ashes, and tongs and fleshhooks, and firepans: all its vessels thou shalt make of brass.
4 You will also make a grating for it of bronze network, and on the four corners of the grating you wilmake four bronze rings.4 And a grate of brass in manner of a net: at the four corners of which shall be four rings of brass,
5 You will put it below the ledge of the altar, underneath, so that it comes halfway up the altar.5 Which thou shalt put under the hearth of the altar: and the grate shall be even to the midst of the altar.
6 You will make shafts for the altar, shafts of acacia wood and overlay them with bronze.6 Thou shalt make also two bars for the altar of setim wood, which thou shalt cover with plates of brass:
7 The shafts wil be passed through the rings in such a way that the shafts are on either side of the altar,for carrying it.7 And thou shalt draw them through rings, and they shall be on both sides of the altar to carry it.
8 You will make the altar hol ow, out of boards; you wil make it as you were shown on the mountain.8 Thou shalt not make it solid, but empty and hollow in the inside, as it was shewn thee in the mount.
9 'Then you will make the court of the Dwelling. On the south side, the curtaining of the court must be offinely woven linen, one hundred cubits long (for the first side),9 Thou shalt make also the court of the tabernacle, in the south side whereof southward there shall be hangings of fine twisted linen of a hundred cubits long for one side.
10 its twenty poles and their twenty sockets being of bronze, and the poles' hooks and rods of silver.10 And twenty pillars with as many sockets of brass, the heads of which with their engraving of silver.
11 So too for the north side, there must be a hundred cubits of curtaining, its twenty poles and theirtwenty sockets being of bronze, and the poles' hooks and rods of silver.11 In like manner also on the north side there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long, twenty pillars, and as many sockets of brass, and their heads with their engraving of silver.
12 Across the width of the court, on the west side, there must be fifty cubits of curtaining, with its tenpoles and their ten sockets.12 But in the breadth of the court, that looketh to the west, there shall be hangings of fifty cubits, and ten pillars, and as many sockets.
13 The width of the court on the east side, facing the sunrise, must be fifty cubits,13 In that breadth also of the court, which looketh to the east, there shall be fifty cubits.
14 with fifteen cubits of curtaining on one side of the entrance, with its three poles and their threesockets,14 In which there shall be for one side hangings of fifteen cubits, and three pillars and as many sockets.
15 and on the other side of the entrance, fifteen cubits of curtaining, with its three poles and their threesockets;15 And in the other side there shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with three pillars and as many sockets.
16 and for the gateway to the court there must be a twenty-cubit screen of finely woven linenembroidered with violet-purple, red-purple and crimson, with its four poles and their four sockets.16 And in the entrance of the court there shall be made a hanging of twenty cubits of violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen, with embroidered work: it shall have four pillars with as many sockets.
17 Al the poles round the court must be connected by silver rods; their hooks must be of silver and theirsockets of bronze.17 All the pillars of the court round about shall be garnished with plates of silver, silver heads and sockets of brass.
18 The length of the court must be one hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits and its height five cubits. Althe curtaining must be made of finely woven linen, and their sockets of bronze.18 In length the court shall take up a hundred cubits, in breadth fifty, the height shall be of five cubits, and it shall be made of fine twisted linen, and shall have sockets of brass.
19 Al the accessories for general use in the Dwel ing, al its pegs and al the pegs of the court, must beof bronze.19 All the vessels of the tabernacle for all uses and ceremonies, and the pins both of it, and of the court, thou shalt make of brass.
20 'You wil order the Israelites to bring you pure pounded olive oil for the light, and to keep a lampburning al the time.20 Command the children of Israel that they bring thee the purest oil of the olives, and beaten with a pestle: that a lamp may burn always,
21 Aaron and his sons wil tend it in the Tent of Meeting, outside the curtain hanging in front of theTestimony, from dusk to dawn, before Yahweh. This is a perpetual decree for al generations of Israelites.'21 In the tabernacle of the testimony without the veil that hangs before the testimony. And Aaron and his sons shall order it, that it may give light before the Lord until the morning. It shall be a perpetual observance throughout their successions among the children of Israel.