Exodus 27
- 1And you shall make an altar of acacia wood, 7½ feet long, and 7½ feet wide. The altar shall be foursquare: and its height shall be 4½ feet.
- 2And you shall make the horns of it on the four corners of it: his horns shall be of the same: and you shall cover it with bronze.
- 3And you shall make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his bowls, and his meat forks, and his fire pans: all its items you shall make of bronze.
- 4And you shall make for it a grate of network of bronze. On the net shall you make four bronze rings in the four corners of it.
- 5And you shall put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the middle of the altar.
- 6And you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and cover them with bronze.
- 7And the poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
- 8Hollow with boards shall you make it: as it was showed you in the mount, so they shall make it.
- 9And you shall make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side southward there shall be curtains for the court of fine twisted linen of 150 feet long for one side:
- 10And the twenty pillars of it and their twenty bases shall be of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
- 11And likewise for the north side in length there shall be curtains of 150 feet long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty bases of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver.
- 12And for the width of the court on the west side shall be curtains of 75 feet: their pillars ten, and their bases ten.
- 13And the width of the court on the east side eastward shall be 75 feet.
- 14The curtains of one side of the gate shall be 22½ feet: their pillars three, and their bases three.
- 15And on the other side shall be curtains 22½ feet: their pillars three, and their bases three.
- 16And for the gate of the court shall be a hanging of 30 feet, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twisted linen, worked with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their bases four.
- 17All the pillars all around the court shall be banded with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze.
- 18The length of the court shall be 150 feet, and the width 75 feet all along, and the height 7½ feet of fine twisted linen, and their bases of bronze.
- 19All the items of the tabernacle in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of bronze.
- 20And you shall command the children of Israel, that they bring you pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
- 21In the tabernacle of the congregation outside the veil, which is in front of the ark of the covenant, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord: it shall be a law for ever to their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Exodus 27 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall make an altar of acacia wood, 7½ feet long, and 7½ feet wide. The altar shall be foursquare: and its height shall be 4½ feet.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall make the horns of it on the four corners of it: his horns shall be of the same: and you shall cover it with bronze.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his bowls, and his meat forks, and his fire pans: all its items you shall make of bronze.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall make for it a grate of network of bronze. On the net shall you make four bronze rings in the four corners of it.
KJVAnd thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the middle of the altar.
KJVAnd thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and cover them with bronze.
KJVAnd the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
GIGAKJVAnd the poles shall be put into the rings, and the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar, to bear it.
KJVHollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it.
GIGAKJVHollow with boards shall you make it: as it was showed you in the mount, so they shall make it.
KJVAnd 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:
GIGAKJVAnd you shall make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side southward there shall be curtains for the court of fine twisted linen of 150 feet long for one side:
KJVAnd the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
GIGAKJVAnd the twenty pillars of it and their twenty bases shall be of bronze. The hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd likewise for the north side in length there shall be curtains of 150 feet long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty bases of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their bands of silver.
KJVAnd for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
GIGAKJVAnd for the width of the court on the west side shall be curtains of 75 feet: their pillars ten, and their bases ten.
KJVAnd the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
GIGAKJVAnd the width of the court on the east side eastward shall be 75 feet.
KJVThe hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
GIGAKJVThe curtains of one side of the gate shall be 22½ feet: their pillars three, and their bases three.
KJVAnd on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
GIGAKJVAnd on the other side shall be curtains 22½ feet: their pillars three, and their bases three.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd for the gate of the court shall be a hanging of 30 feet, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twisted linen, worked with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their bases four.
KJVAll the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.
GIGAKJVAll the pillars all around the court shall be banded with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze.
KJVThe 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.
GIGAKJVThe length of the court shall be 150 feet, and the width 75 feet all along, and the height 7½ feet of fine twisted linen, and their bases of bronze.
KJVAll 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.
GIGAKJVAll the items of the tabernacle in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of the court, shall be of bronze.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall command the children of Israel, that they bring you pure oil olive beaten for the light, to cause the lamp to burn always.
KJVIn 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.
GIGAKJVIn the tabernacle of the congregation outside the veil, which is in front of the ark of the covenant, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord: it shall be a law for ever to their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
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