Exodus 27 Summary

God gives Moses precise instructions for constructing the bronze altar of burnt offering: a hollow, foursquare structure of shittim wood overlaid with brass, measuring five cubits by five cubits and three cubits high, complete with horns on its four corners, a brass grate with rings, carrying staves, and all necessary vessels of brass. The Lord then details the dimensions and materials for the tabernacle's outer courtyard—one hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide—enclosed by hangings of fine twined linen suspended from pillars with brass sockets and silver hooks, with a colorful embroidered gate screen on the east side. All remaining vessels, pins, and fixtures of the tabernacle and court are to be made of brass. Finally, the Israelites are commanded to supply pure beaten olive oil to keep the lamp burning continually before the LORD, a perpetual statute to be maintained by Aaron and his sons from evening to morning outside the inner veil.