The Courtyard of the Holy Tent

⁹ “Make ·a wall of curtains to form a courtyard around the Holy Tent [^Lthe court of the Tabernacle]. The south side should have a wall of fine linen curtains ·one hundred fifty feet [^Lone hundred cubits] long. ¹⁰ Hang the curtains with silver hooks and bands on twenty bronze ·posts [pillars] with twenty bronze bases. ¹¹ The north side must also be ·one hundred fifty feet [^Lone hundred cubits] long. Hang its curtains on silver hooks and bands on twenty bronze ·posts [pillars] with twenty bronze bases.

¹² “The west end of the courtyard must have a wall of curtains ·seventy-five feet [^Lfifty cubits] long, with ten ·posts [pillars] and ten bases on that wall. ¹³ The [^Lfront on the] east end of the courtyard must also be ·seventy-five feet [^Lfifty cubits] long. ¹⁴ On one side of the entry, there is to be a wall of curtains ·twenty-two and one-half feet [^Lfifteen cubits] long, held up by three ·posts [pillars] on three bases. ¹⁵ On the other side of the entry, there is also to be a wall of curtains ·twenty-two and one-half feet [^Lfifteen cubits] long, held up by three ·posts [pillars] on three bases.

¹⁶ “The ·entry [^Lgate] to the courtyard is to be a ·curtain [screen] ·thirty feet [^Ltwenty cubits] wide, made of fine linen with blue, purple, and ·red [scarlet] thread. ·Someone who can sew well is to sew designs on it [^L…embroidered with needlework]. It is to be held up by four ·posts [pillars] on four bases. ¹⁷ All the ·posts [pillars] around the courtyard must have silver bands and hooks and bronze bases. ¹⁸ The courtyard must be ·one hundred fifty feet [^Lone hundred cubits] long and ·seventy-five feet [^Lfifty cubits] wide, with a wall of curtains around it ·seven and one-half feet [^Lfive cubits] high, made of fine linen. The bases in which the ·posts [pillars] are set must be bronze. ¹⁹ All the ·things used in the Holy Tent [utensils of the Tabernacle] and all the tent pegs for the ·Holy Tent [Tabernacle] and the wall around the courtyard must be made of bronze.