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Exodus 27:9-11
New English Translation
Exodus 27:9-11
New English Translation
The Courtyard
9 “You are to make the courtyard[a] of the tabernacle. For the south side[b] there are to be hangings[c] for the courtyard of fine twisted linen, 150 feet long for one side,[d] 10 with[e] twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver. 11 Likewise[f] for its length on the north side, there are to be[g] hangings for 150 feet, with twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and bands[h] on the posts.
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- Exodus 27:9 tn Or “enclosure” (TEV).
- Exodus 27:9 tn Heb “south side southward.”
- Exodus 27:9 tn Or “curtains.”
- Exodus 27:9 sn The entire courtyard of 150 feet by 75 feet was to be enclosed by a curtain wall held up with posts in bases. All these hangings were kept in place by a cord and tent pegs.
- Exodus 27:10 tn Heb “and.”
- Exodus 27:11 tn Heb “and thus.”
- Exodus 27:11 tn Here the phrase “there will be” has been supplied.
- Exodus 27:11 sn These bands have been thought by some to refer to connecting rods joining the tops of the posts. But it is more likely that they are bands or bind rings surrounding the posts at the base of the capitals (see 38:17).
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