| 1 Facies et altare de lignis setim, quod habebit quinque cubitus in longitudine, et totidem in latitudine, id est, quadrum, et tres cubitos in altitudine. | 1 "You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits broad; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. |
| 2 Cornua autem per quatuor angulos ex ipso erunt : et operies illud ære. | 2 And you shall make horns for it on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. |
| 3 Faciesque in usus ejus lebetes ad suscipiendos cineres, et forcipes atque fuscinulas, et ignium receptacula ; omnia vasa ex ære fabricabis. | 3 You shall make pots for it to receive its ashes, and shovels and basins and forks and firepans; all its utensils you shall make of bronze. |
| 4 Craticulamque in modum retis æneam : per cujus quatuor angulos erunt quatuor annuli ænei. | 4 You shall also make for it a grating, a network of bronze; and upon the net you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners. |
| 5 Quos pones subter arulam altaris : eritque craticula usque ad altaris medium. | 5 And you shall set it under the ledge of the altar so that the net shall extend halfway down the altar. |
| 6 Facies et vectes altaris de lignis setim duos, quos operies laminis æneis : | 6 And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze; |
| 7 et induces per circulos, eruntque ex utroque latere altaris ad portandum. | 7 and the poles shall be put through the rings, so that the poles shall be upon the two sides of the altar, when it is carried. |
8 Non solidum, sed inane et cavum intrinsecus facies illud, sicut tibi in monte monstratum est.
| 8 You shall make it hollow, with boards; as it has been shown you on the mountain, so shall it be made. |
| 9 Facies et atrium tabernaculi, in cujus australi plaga contra meridiem erunt tentoria de bysso retorta : centum cubitos unum latus tenebit in longitudine. | 9 "You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side; |
| 10 Et columnas viginti cum basibus totidem æneis, quæ capita cum cælaturis suis habebunt argentea. | 10 their pillars shall be twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. |
| 11 Similiter et in latere aquilonis per longum erunt tentoria centum cubitorum, columnæ viginti, et bases æneæ ejusdem numeri, et capita earum cum cælaturis suis argentea. | 11 And likewise for its length on the north side there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, their pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. |
| 12 In latitudine vero atrii, quod respicit ad occidentem, erunt tentoria per quinquaginta cubitos, et columnæ decem, basesque totidem. | 12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases. |
| 13 In ea quoque atrii latitudine, quæ respicit ad orientem, quinquaginta cubiti erunt. | 13 The breadth of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits. |
| 14 In quibus quindecim cubitorum tentoria lateri uno deputabuntur, columnæque tres et bases totidem : | 14 The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases. |
| 15 et in latere altero erunt tentoria cubitos obtinentia quindecim, columnæ tres, et bases totidem. | 15 On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases. |
| 16 In introitu vero atrii fiet tentorium cubitorum viginti ex hyacintho et purpura, coccoque bis tincto, et bysso retorta, opere plumarii : columnas habebit quatuor, cum basibus totidem. | 16 For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet stuff and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework; it shall have four pillars and with them four bases. |
| 17 Omnes columnæ atrii per circuitum vestitæ erunt argenteis laminis, capitibus argenteis, et basibus æneis. | 17 All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze. |
| 18 In longitudine occupabit atrium cubitos centum, in latitudine quinquaginta, altitudo quinque cubitorum erit : fietque de bysso retorta, et habebit bases æneas. | 18 The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, the breadth fifty, and the height five cubits, with hangings of fine twined linen and bases of bronze. |
| 19 Cuncta vasa tabernaculi in omnes usus et cæremonias, tam paxillos ejus quam atrii, ex ære facies. | 19 All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze. |
| 20 Præcipe filiis Israël ut afferant tibi oleum de arboribus olivarum purissimum, piloque contusum, ut ardeat lucerna semper | 20 "And you shall command the people of Israel that they bring to you pure beaten olive oil for the light, that a lamp may be set up to burn continually. |
| 21 in tabernaculo testimonii, extra velum quod oppansum est testimonio. Et collocabunt eam Aaron et filii ejus, ut usque mane luceat coram Domino. Perpetuus erit cultus per successiones eorum a filiis Israël. | 21 In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the LORD. It shall be a statute for ever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel. |