Translations
Modern
The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,
Traditional
And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
Literal
And the screen of the gate of the court, the work of a weaver was of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen. And twenty cubits was the length, and the height along its width was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.
Latin
Et in introitu ejus opere plumario fecit tentorium ex hyacintho, purpura, vermiculo, ac bysso retorta, quod habebat viginti cubitos in longitudine, altitudo vero quinque cubitorum erat juxta mensuram, quam cuncta atrii tentoria habebant.
Original
Hebrew
English
The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,
Notes
Theme notes and profiles
Measurements
- twenty cubits long: About 30 ft (9.1 m)
- five cubits high: About 7.5 ft (2.3 m)
Parallels
Glossary
Biblical Concept of Law Book of Exodus Deuteronomy, Book of History of Israel Leviticus, Book of Tabernacle
Topics
Colors: Blue: Symbol of Deity Colors: These Colors Figured Largely in the Symbolisms of the Tabernacle Furnishing Tabernacle: Court of The Gate of, a Hanging of Blue, Purple Twenty Cubits Tabernacle: The Courtyard of