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Exodus 27

Exodus 27:16

The Courtyard · Exodus 27:9–19
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Translations

Modern
The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.
Traditional
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
Literal
And for the gate of the court is a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet yarn and finely woven linen, the work of a weaver; with its four pillars and its four bases.
Latin
In introitu vero atrii fiet tentorium cubitorum viginti ex hyacintho et purpura, coccoque bis tincto, et bysso retorta, opere plumarii: columnas habebit quatuor, cum basibus totidem.

Original

Hebrew
English
The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.

Notes

Exodus 27:16

The curtain covering the gate of the courtyard was similar in color and design to the entrance and dividing curtains of the tabernacle (Exodus 26:31, 36).

Exodus 27:9–19

The courtyard plans included curtain walls made of finely woven linen, hanging on posts with bronze bases. The posts were 2.29 meters apart (7.5 feet) and 2.29 meters high (7.5 feet). The curtains formed a rectangle measuring 46 meters long (150 feet) and 22.86 meters wide (75 feet), with a 10-meter opening (30 feet) centered on the east side.

Exodus 27:1–19

The plans for the altar of burnt offering and the courtyard extend outward from the center. Like the sanctuary, the plans for the courtyard's furniture are provided before the courtyard itself (27:1–8; 27:9–19).

Events

Measurements

  • twenty cubits long: About 30 ft (9.1 m)

Parallels

Exodus 38:9–20

Glossary

Biblical Concept of Law Book of Exodus Cloth and Cloth Manufacturing Deuteronomy, Book of Embroiderer, Embroidery Glorification History of Israel Scarlet Tabernacle Temple

Topics

Colors: These Colors Figured Largely in the Symbolisms of the Tabernacle Furnishing Curtains for the Tabernacle Embroidery in Blue and Purple and Scarlet on the Curtains of the Tabernacle Tabernacle: Court of The Gate of, a Hanging of Blue, Purple Twenty Cubits Tabernacle: The Courtyard of Tabernacle: The Curtains of Tapestry of the Tabernacle