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|Copper is the metal of judgment. This altar has everything to do with judgment.
 
|Copper is the metal of judgment. This altar has everything to do with judgment.
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Every translation of the Bible has assumed that the metal used to build this altar, and certain other parts and furnishings of the [[Tabernacle]], was antique [[bronze]]. But the Temple Institute of [[Jerusalem]] insists that the metal was pure copper—exactly as the original [[Hebrew]] translates.
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Every translation of the Bible has assumed that the metal used to build this altar, and certain other parts and furnishings of the [[Tabernacle]], was antique [[bronze]]—or [[brass]], which is ''not'' an antique alloy. But the Temple Institute of [[Jerusalem]] insists that the metal was pure copper—exactly as the original [[Hebrew]] translates.
 
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|And 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.  
 
|And 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.  
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|Make all its accessories in bronze: the ash pans, the shovels, the sprinkling bowls, the flesh hooks, and the fire pans.  
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|Make all its accessories in copper: the ash pans, the shovels, the sprinkling bowls, the flesh hooks, and the fire pans.  
 
|More concise expression, describing  the accessories for an altar where burnt offerings were made.
 
|More concise expression, describing  the accessories for an altar where burnt offerings were made.
 
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|And 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.  
 
|And 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.  
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|Make a grate of bronze mesh for it; and attach four bronze rings to this lattice at the corners.  
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|Make a grate of copper mesh for it; and attach four copper rings to this lattice at the corners.  
 
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|And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.  
 
|And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.  
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|Make poles for the altar, formed from acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze.  
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|Make poles for the altar, formed from acacia wood, and overlay them with copper.
 
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|And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.  
 
|And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.  
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|Make twenty columns for this hanging, and twenty sockets to hold them, all in bronze. The hooks and moldings of these columns are to be made of [[silver]].
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|Make twenty columns for this hanging, and twenty sockets to hold them, all in copper. The hooks and moldings of these columns are to be made of [[silver]].
 
|Fillets are molding, in the architectural context. The literal [[Hebrew]] translates as "connections."
 
|Fillets are molding, in the architectural context. The literal [[Hebrew]] translates as "connections."
 
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|And 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.  
 
|And 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.  
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|Likewise for the north side, make hangings of one hundred cubits in length, supported by twenty columns and sockets formed of bronze, with hooks and molding made of silver.  
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|Likewise for the north side, make hangings of one hundred cubits in length, supported by twenty columns and sockets formed of copper, with hooks and molding made of silver.  
 
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|The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.  
 
|The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.  
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|The hangings for one side of the gate must be fifteen cubits long, supported by three colunns and sockets.  
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|The hangings for one side of the gate must be fifteen cubits long, supported by three columns and sockets.  
 
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|All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.  
 
|All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.  
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|All the columns surrounding the court shall have silver molding; their hooks shall be made of silver, and their sockets made of bronze.  
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|All the columns surrounding the court shall have silver molding; their hooks shall be made of silver, and their sockets made of copper.
 
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|The 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.  
 
|The 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.  
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|The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the width fifty, and the height five cubits, to be covered with corded cambric-sheen, supported on bronze sockets.
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|The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the width fifty, and the height five cubits, to be covered with corded cambric-sheen, supported on copper sockets.
 
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|All 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.  
 
|All 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.  
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|All the vessels used in service for this tabernacle, including all of the pegs inside, and all pegs used in the court, shall be made of bronze.
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|All the vessels used in service for this tabernacle, including all of the pegs inside, and all pegs used in the court, shall be made of copper.
 
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|And 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.  
 
|And 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.  
 
|Instruct the children of Israel to bring you pure lamp oil pressed from olives, enough for the lamp to remain lit at all times.
 
|Instruct the children of Israel to bring you pure lamp oil pressed from olives, enough for the lamp to remain lit at all times.
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|This oil needed to come from the first pressing.
 
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