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Exodus 38:14

On one side of the entrance the wall of curtains was 15 cubits long. There were three posts and three bases on this side.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Silver;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hangings;   Tabernacle;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
The hangings for the one side were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three;
King James Version
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Lexham English Bible
fifteen cubits of hangings were to the shoulder, with their three pillars and their three bases,
New Century Version
On one side of the entry there was a wall of curtains twenty-two and one-half feet long, held up by three posts and three bases.
New English Translation
with hangings on one side of the gate that were twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases,
Amplified Bible
The curtains for one side of the court gate were fifteen cubits, with their three support poles and their three sockets;
New American Standard Bible
The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases,
Geneva Bible (1587)
The hangings of the one side were fifteene cubites, their three pillars, and their three sockets:
Legacy Standard Bible
The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases,
Complete Jewish Bible
The tapestries for the one side [of the gateway] were twenty-two-and-a-half feet long, hung on three posts in three sockets;
Darby Translation
the hangings on the one wing of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their bases three;
English Standard Version
The hangings for one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.
George Lamsa Translation
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Good News Translation
On each side of the entrance there were 7½ yards of curtains, with three posts and three bases.
Christian Standard Bible®
the hangings on one side of the gate were 22½ feet, including their three posts and their three bases.
Literal Translation
curtains of fifteen cubits to the side, their pillars three and their sockets three.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Fiftene cubytes vpon either syde of the courte dore, wt thre pilers and thre sokettes:
American Standard Version
The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three;
Bible in Basic English
The hangings on one side of the doorway were fifteen cubits long, on three pillars with their three bases;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The hangynges of the one syde of the gate were fifteene cubites long, with three pillers and three sockettes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The hangings for the one side [of the gate] were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
King James Version (1611)
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteene cubites, their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
the stem solid, and the branches from both its sides;
English Revised Version
The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three;
Berean Standard Bible
The curtains of the one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
of whiche tentis o side helde fiftene cubitis of thre pilers with her foundementis; and in the tother side,
Young's Literal Translation
The hangings on the side [are] fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three,
Update Bible Version
The hangings for the one side [of the gate] were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three;
Webster's Bible Translation
The hangings of the one side [of the gate were] fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
World English Bible
The hangings for the one side were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three;
New King James Version
The hangings of one side of the gate were fifteen cubits long, with their three pillars and their three sockets,
New Living Translation
The courtyard entrance was on the east end, flanked by two curtains. The curtain on the right side was 22 1⁄2 feet long and was supported by three posts set into three bases.
New Life Bible
The curtains for one side of the gate were as long as seven steps. They had three pillars with three bases.
New Revised Standard
The hangings for one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
hangings, fifteen cubits, for the side-piece, - their pillars, three, and, their sockets three;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Fifteen cubits of which, were on one side with three pillars, and their sockets:
Revised Standard Version
The hangings for one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with three pillars and three bases.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets,

Contextual Overview

9 Then he made a wall of curtains around the courtyard. On the south side, he made a wall of curtains 100 cubits long. The curtains were made from fine linen. 10 The curtains on the south side were supported by 20 posts. The posts were on 20 bronze bases. The hooks for the posts and the curtain rods were made from silver. 11 The north side of the courtyard also had a wall of curtains 100 cubits long. There were 20 posts with 20 bronze bases. The hooks for the posts and the curtain rods were made from silver. 12 On the west side of the courtyard the wall of curtains was 50 cubits long. There were 10 posts and 10 bases. The hooks for the posts and the curtain rods were made from silver. 13 The east side of the courtyard was 50 cubits wide. The entrance to the courtyard was on this side. 14 On one side of the entrance the wall of curtains was 15 cubits long. There were three posts and three bases on this side. 15 The wall of curtains on the other side of the entrance was also 15 cubits long. There were three posts and three bases on that side. 16 All the curtains around the courtyard were made from fine linen. 17 The bases for the posts were made from bronze. The hooks and the curtain rods were made from silver. The tops of the posts were covered with silver also. All the posts in the courtyard had silver curtain rods. 18 The curtain for the entrance of the courtyard was made from fine linen and blue, purple, and red yarn. Designs were woven into that curtain. The curtain was 20 cubits long and 5 cubits high. It was the same height as the curtains around the courtyard.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

hangings: Exodus 27:14

Cross-References

Genesis 24:65
She said to the servant, "Who is that young man walking in the field to meet us?" The servant said, "That is my master's son." So Rebekah covered her face with her veil.
Genesis 38:11
Then Judah said to his daughter-in-law Tamar, "Go back to your father's house. Stay there and don't marry until my young son Shelah grows up." Judah was afraid that Shelah would also be killed like his brothers. So Tamar went back to her father's home.
Genesis 38:13
Tamar learned that Judah, her father-in-law, was going to Timnah to cut the wool from his sheep.
Genesis 38:26
Judah recognized these things and said, "She is right. I was wrong. I did not give her my son Shelah like I promised." And Judah did not sleep with her again.
Proverbs 7:12
She walked the streets, always looking for someone to trap.
Jeremiah 3:2
"Look up to the bare hilltops, Judah. Is there any place where you have not had sex with your lovers? You sat by the road waiting for lovers, like an Arab in the desert. You made the land ‘dirty' with all the evil sins you did when you were unfaithful to me.
Ezekiel 16:25
You built your mounds at the head of every road. Then you degraded your beauty. You used it to catch every man who walked by. You raised your skirt so that they could see your legs, and you acted like a prostitute with those men.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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