6. He made carrying poles of acacia wood, covered them with bronze,
7. and put them in the rings on each side of the altar. The altar was made of boards and was hollow.
8. He made the bronze basin and its bronze base out of the mirrors belonging to the women who served at the entrance of the Tent of the Lord's presence.
9. For the Tent of the Lord's presence he made the enclosure out of fine linen curtains. On the south side the curtains were 44 metres long,
10. supported by twenty bronze posts in twenty bronze bases, with hooks and rods made of silver.
11. The enclosure was the same on the north side.
12. On the west side there were curtains 22 metres long, with ten posts and ten bases and with hooks and rods made of silver.
13. On the east side, where the entrance was, the enclosure was also 22 metres wide.
14-15. On each side of the entrance there were 6.6 metres of curtains, with three posts and three bases.
16. All the curtains round the enclosure were made of fine linen.
17. The bases for the posts were made of bronze, and the hooks, the rods, and the covering of the tops of the posts were made of silver. All the posts round the enclosure were connected with silver rods.