Exodus 27

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¹“Now you shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long and five cubits wide; the altar shall be square, and its height shall be three cubits. ✦ ²You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it, and you shall overlay it with bronze. ✦ ³And you shall make its pails for removing its ashes, and its shovels, its basins, its forks, and its firepans; you shall make all its utensils of bronze. ✦ ⁴You shall also make for it a grating, a netting of bronze, and on the netting you shall make four bronze rings at its four corners. ✦ ⁵And you shall put it under the ledge of the altar, so that the netting will reach halfway up the altar. ✦ ⁶You shall also make carrying poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood and overlay them with bronze. ✦ ⁷Its poles shall be inserted into the rings, so that the poles will be on the two sides of the altar when it is carried. ✦ ⁸You shall make it hollow with planks; as it was shown to you on the mountain, so they shall make it. ✦ ⁹“Now you shall make the courtyard of the tabernacle. On the south side there shall be hangings for the courtyard of fine twisted linen, a hundred cubits long for one side; ✦ ¹⁰and its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty bases of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver. ✦ ¹¹Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty bases of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver. ¹²For the width of the courtyard on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits, with their ten pillars and their ten bases. ¹³The width of the courtyard on the east side shall be fifty cubits. ¹⁴The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases. ✦ ¹⁵And for the other side there shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases. ¹⁶And for the gate of the courtyard there shall be a curtain of twenty cubits, of violet, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver, with their four pillars and their four bases. ✦ ¹⁷All the pillars around the courtyard shall be joined together with silver, with their hooks of silver and their bases of bronze. ¹⁸The length of the courtyard shall be a hundred cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits of fine twisted linen, and their bases of bronze. ¹⁹All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service, and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the courtyard, shall be of bronze. ✦ ²⁰“And you shall command the sons of Israel that they bring you clear oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually. ✦ ²¹In the tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the Lord; it shall be a permanent statute throughout their generations for the sons of Israel. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Exod 25 ·7 Exod 38 ·7 Exod 26 ·7 Ezek 40 ·6 Exod 29 ·5 Num 4 ·4 Exod 40 ·4 Exod 39 ·4

Christ at the center

The Passover lamb whose blood turns away death, the exodus through the sea, the manna, the rock, and the tabernacle where God dwells with his people all foreshadow Jesus — our Passover, our redemption, the bread from heaven, and God-with-us in the flesh.

How Exodus 27 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

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★ Start hereDocumentaryExpedition BibleJoel Kramer · Free · evangelical
On-location biblical archaeology from a credentialed archaeologist (M.A., excavated in Israel) — the best free place to start on "did it really happen?"
★ Start hereVideoBibleProject — video overviews & word studiesBibleProject · 5–10 min · Free · evangelical
Free animated overviews of every book of the Bible, plus themes and Hebrew/Greek word studies — the best visual on-ramp to any book. (Biblical-theology, broadly evangelical, not distinctly Reformed.)
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VideoSpoken GospelSpoken Gospel · Free · evangelical
Short, gospel-centered videos and spoken-word poems showing how each passage points to Jesus — especially strong on the Old Testament.
DocumentaryPatterns of Evidence: The ExodusTim Mahoney · Paid · evangelical
Investigates the archaeological evidence for the Exodus. Note: it advances a minority biblical chronology that mainstream scholars dispute — engaging, but weigh its conclusions critically.

Pastoral

★ Start hereCommentaryExodus (New American Commentary)Douglas K. Stuart · Paid · evangelical
The best evangelical, semi-technical commentary on Exodus — accessible to pastors and serious students.
DocumentaryThat the World May KnowRay Vander Laan · Paid · evangelical
Ray Vander Laan's on-location series immersing you in the Bible's historical and cultural world. (Mostly paid via Focus on the Family; some free clips.)
SermonChuck Smith — C2000 SeriesChuck Smith · Free · evangelical
Free verse-by-verse audio through the entire Bible from the founder of Calvary Chapel.

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VideoBibleProject — Exodus videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
VideoWatch teaching on Exodus 27YouTube · Lay · Free
Sermons and chapter teaching from across YouTube.
CommentaryEnduring Word — Exodus 27David Guzik · Lay · Free · evangelical
Readable, verse-by-verse exposition of the whole chapter.
CommentaryMatthew Henry on ExodusMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
ReferenceBlue Letter Bible — Exodus 27Blue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free
Interlinear, lexicon, and study tools across the chapter.

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