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Exodus 27

Exodus 27:18

The Courtyard · Exodus 27:9–19
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Translations

Modern
The entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.
Traditional
The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
Literal
The length of the court is a hundred by the cubit, and the width fifty by fifty, and the height five cubits, of finely woven linen, and their bases of bronze.
Latin
In longitudine occupabit atrium cubitos centum, in latitudine quinquaginta, altitudo quinque cubitorum erit: fietque de bysso retorta, et habebit bases æneas.

Original

Hebrew
English
The entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.

Notes

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

  • fifty cubits wide: About 150 ft x 75 ft (45.7 m x 22.9 m)
  • five cubits high: About 7.5 ft (2.3 m)

Parallels

Exodus 38:9–20

Glossary

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

Topics

Curtains for the Tabernacle Tabernacle: Court of One Hundred Cubits Long and Fifty Cubits Wide