Exodus 27:9-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Court and Its Hangings
9 “You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twisted linen one hundred cubits long for that side;(A) 10 its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.(B) 11 Likewise for its length on the north side there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, their pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver. 12 For the width of the court on the west side there shall be fifty cubits of hangings, with ten pillars and ten bases. 13 The width of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits. 14 There shall be fifteen cubits of hangings on one side, with three pillars and three bases.(C) 15 There shall be fifteen cubits of[a] hangings on the other side, with three pillars and three bases. 16 For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue, purple, and crimson yarns and of fine twisted linen, embroidered with needlework; it shall have four pillars and with them four bases.(D) 17 All the pillars around the court shall be banded with silver; their hooks shall be of silver and their bases of bronze. 18 The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, the width fifty, and the height five cubits, with hangings of fine twisted linen and bases of bronze. 19 All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.
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- 27.15 Gk Sam: MT lacks cubits of
Exodus 27:9-19
Holman Christian Standard Bible
The Courtyard
9 “You(A) are to make the courtyard for the tabernacle. Make the hangings on the south of the courtyard out of finely spun linen, 150 feet[a] long on that side. 10 There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands[b] of the posts must be silver. 11 Then make the hangings on the north side 150 feet[c] long. There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands[d] of the posts must be silver. 12 Make the hangings of the courtyard on the west side 75 feet[e] long, including their 10 posts and 10 bases. 13 Make the hangings of the courtyard on the east side toward the sunrise 75 feet.[f] 14 Make the hangings on one side of the gate 22½ feet,[g] including their three posts and their three bases. 15 And make the hangings on the other side 22½ feet,[h] including their three posts and their three bases. 16 The gate of the courtyard is to have a thirty-foot[i] screen(B) embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It is to have four posts including 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 length of the courtyard is to be 150 feet, the width 75 feet at each end, and the height 7½ feet,[j] all of it made of finely spun linen. The bases of the posts must be bronze. 19 All the tools 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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- Exodus 27:9 Lit 100 cubits
- Exodus 27:10 Or connecting rods
- Exodus 27:11 Lit 100 [cubits]
- Exodus 27:11 Or connecting rods
- Exodus 27:12 Lit 50 cubits
- Exodus 27:13 Lit 50 cubits
- Exodus 27:14 Lit 15 cubits
- Exodus 27:15 Lit 15 [cubits]
- Exodus 27:16 Lit twenty-cubit
- Exodus 27:18 Lit be 100 by the cubit, and the width 50 by 50, and the height five cubits
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