The Courtyard

“You(A) are to make the courtyard for the tabernacle. Make hangings for the south side of the courtyard out of finely spun linen, 150 feet[a] long on that side 10 including twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and silver bands[b] for the posts. 11 And so make hangings 150 feet long for the north side, including twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and silver bands for the posts. 12 For the width of the courtyard, make hangings 75 feet[c] long for the west side, including their ten posts and their ten bases. 13 And for the width of the courtyard on the east side toward the sunrise, 75 feet, 14 make hangings 22½ feet[d] long for one side of the gate, including their three posts and their three bases. 15 And make hangings 22½ feet long for the other side, including their three posts and their three bases. 16 The gate of the courtyard is to have a 30-foot[e] screen(B) embroidered[f] with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It is to have four posts and their four bases.

17 “All the posts around the courtyard are to be banded with silver and have silver hooks and bronze bases. 18 The courtyard is to be 150 feet long, 75 feet wide at each end, and 7½ feet high,[g] all of it made of finely spun linen. The bases of the posts are to be bronze. 19 All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use and all its tent pegs as well as all the tent pegs of the courtyard are to be made of bronze.

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Footnotes

  1. 27:9 Lit 100 cubits, also in v. 11
  2. 27:10 Or connecting rods, also in v. 11
  3. 27:12 Lit 50 cubits, also in v. 13
  4. 27:14 Lit 15 cubits, also in v. 15
  5. 27:16 Lit 20-cubit
  6. 27:16 Or woven
  7. 27:18 Lit be 100 by the cubit, and the width 50 by 50, and the height five cubits

The Court of the Tent

“You are to make the court of the tent. On the south[a] side there is to be hangings of fine woven linen for the court, 100 cubits[b] long on one side. 10 It is to have 20 pillars, with 20 bronze sockets, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands[c] are to be made of silver. 11 Likewise for the length of the north side there are to be hangings 100 cubits[d] long, and it is to have 20 pillars with 20 bronze sockets, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands[e] are to be made of silver.

12 “The width of the court on the west side is to have hangings 50 cubits[f] long with ten pillars and ten sockets. 13 The width of the court on the east side[g] is to be 50 cubits.[h] 14 The hangings for the one section[i] are to be fifteen cubits long,[j] with their three pillars and three sockets.

15 “For the second section there are to be hangings of fifteen cubits,[k] with their three pillars and three sockets. 16 There is to be a screen of 20 cubits[l] of blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen, the work of an embroiderer, for the gate of the court, and it is to have four pillars and four sockets. 17 All the pillars around the court are to be banded with silver. Their hooks are to be made of silver and their sockets made of bronze. 18 The length of the court is to be 100 cubits,[m] the width 50 cubits,[n] and the height five cubits,[o] with the hangings[p] of fine woven linen, and the sockets of bronze. 19 All the utensils of the tent for its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs for the court are to be made of bronze.”

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 27:9 Lit. toward the Negev, southward
  2. Exodus 27:9 I.e. about 150 feet
  3. Exodus 27:10 Perhaps a kind of connecting rod joining the pillars together
  4. Exodus 27:11 Lit. a hundred; i.e. about 150 feet; the Heb. lacks cubits
  5. Exodus 27:11 Perhaps a kind of connecting rod joining the pillars together
  6. Exodus 27:12 I.e. about 75 feet
  7. Exodus 27:13 Lit. on the east side toward the rising (of the sun)
  8. Exodus 27:13 I.e. about 75 feet
  9. Exodus 27:14 Lit. the shoulder
  10. Exodus 27:14 I.e. about 22 and a half feet
  11. Exodus 27:15 I.e. about 22 and a half feet
  12. Exodus 27:16 I.e. about 30 feet
  13. Exodus 27:18 I.e. about 150 feet
  14. Exodus 27:18 Lit. the width 50 by 50 (I.e. 50 cubits on the east side and 50 cubits on the west side)
  15. Exodus 27:18 I.e. about seven and a half feet
  16. Exodus 27:18 The Heb. lacks with the hangings