The Courtyard(A)

Next they made the courtyard. The south side was a hundred cubits[a] long and had curtains of finely twisted linen, 10 with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. 11 The north side was also a hundred cubits long and had twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

12 The west end was fifty cubits[b] wide and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts. 13 The east end, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits wide. 14 Curtains fifteen cubits[c] long were on one side of the entrance, with three posts and three bases, 15 and curtains fifteen cubits long were on the other side of the entrance to the courtyard, with three posts and three bases. 16 All the curtains around the courtyard were of finely twisted linen. 17 The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks and bands on the posts were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver; so all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands.

18 The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was made of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer. It was twenty cubits[d] long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits[e] high, 19 with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks and bands were silver, and their tops were overlaid with silver. 20 All the tent pegs(B) of the tabernacle and of the surrounding courtyard were bronze.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 38:9 That is, about 150 feet or about 45 meters
  2. Exodus 38:12 That is, about 75 feet or about 23 meters
  3. Exodus 38:14 That is, about 22 feet or about 6.8 meters
  4. Exodus 38:18 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters
  5. Exodus 38:18 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters

(A)Then he made the courtyard: [a]for the south side the hangings of the courtyard were of fine twisted linen, a hundred cubits; 10 their twenty pillars, and their twenty bases, were made of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their [b]bands were of silver. 11 For the north side there were a hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their [c]bands were of silver. 12 For the west side there were hangings of fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten bases; the hooks of the pillars and their [d]bands were of silver. 13 For the [e]east side, fifty cubits. 14 The hangings for the one [f]side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases, 15 and so for the [g]other [h]side. [i]On both sides of the gate of the courtyard were hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases. 16 All the hangings of the courtyard all around were of fine twisted linen. 17 And the bases for the pillars were of bronze, the hooks of the pillars and their [j]bands, of silver; and the overlaying of their tops, of silver, and all the pillars of the courtyard were furnished with silver [k]bands. 18 Now the curtain of the gate of the courtyard was the work of the [l]weaver, of [m]violet, purple, and scarlet material and fine twisted linen. And the length was twenty cubits and the [n]height was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the courtyard. 19 Their four pillars and their four bases were of bronze; their hooks were of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their [o]bands were of silver. 20 All the pegs of the [p]tabernacle and of the courtyard all around were of bronze.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 38:9 Lit to the side of the Negev, to the south
  2. Exodus 38:10 Or rings
  3. Exodus 38:11 Or rings
  4. Exodus 38:12 Or rings
  5. Exodus 38:13 Lit east side, eastward
  6. Exodus 38:14 Lit shoulder
  7. Exodus 38:15 Lit second
  8. Exodus 38:15 Lit shoulder
  9. Exodus 38:15 Lit On this side and on that side
  10. Exodus 38:17 Or rings
  11. Exodus 38:17 Or rings
  12. Exodus 38:18 Lit variegator; i.e., a weaver in colors
  13. Exodus 38:18 Or bluish; LXX hyacinth in color, and so throughout the ch
  14. Exodus 38:18 Lit height in width
  15. Exodus 38:19 Or rings
  16. Exodus 38:20 Lit dwelling place