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Good News Translation

Exodus 27:12

On the west side there are to be curtains 25 yards long, with ten posts and ten bases.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Curtains;   Tabernacle;   Tapestry;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Tabernacle;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Altar;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Number;   Tabernacle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Court;   Tabernacle;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Law;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Pillar;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Pillar;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Architecture;   Hangings;   Tabernacle;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - West;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
For the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
King James Version
And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
Lexham English Bible
And the width of the courtyard for the west side will be hangings of fifty cubits, their ten pillars and their ten bases.
New Century Version
"The west end of the courtyard must have a wall of curtains seventy-five feet long, with ten posts and ten bases on that wall.
New English Translation
The width of the court on the west side is to be seventy-five feet with hangings, with their ten posts and their ten bases.
Amplified Bible
"For the width of the court on the west side there shall be curtains of fifty cubits, with ten pillars (support poles) and ten sockets.
New American Standard Bible
"For the width of the courtyard on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits, with their ten pillars and their ten bases.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the breadth of the court on the Westside shall haue curtaines of fiftie cubites, with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.
Legacy Standard Bible
For the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten bases.
Complete Jewish Bible
Across the width of the courtyard on the west side are to be tapestries seventy-five feet long, hung on ten posts in ten sockets.
Darby Translation
—And the breadth of the court on the west side, hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their bases ten.
Easy-to-Read Version
"On the west side of the courtyard there must be a wall of curtains 50 cubits long. There must be ten posts and ten bases.
English Standard Version
And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases.
George Lamsa Translation
And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their sockets ten.
Christian Standard Bible®
For the width of the courtyard, make hangings 75 feet long for the west side, including their ten posts and their ten bases.
Literal Translation
And the width of the west side of the court shall have fifty cubits of hangings; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But vpon the west syde the bredth of ye courte shal haue an hanginge of fiftie cubites longe, & ten pilers vpon ten sokettes.
American Standard Version
And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
Bible in Basic English
And for the open space on the west side, the hangings are to be fifty cubits wide, with ten pillars and ten bases;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the breadth of the court whiche is westwarde, shall haue curtaynes of fiftie cubites, and the pillers of them shalbe ten, and the sockets of them ten.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
King James Version (1611)
And for the breadth of the Court, on the Westside shalbe hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars tenne, and their sockets ten.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And in the breadth of the tabernacle toward the west curtains of fifty cubits, their pillars ten and their sockets ten.
English Revised Version
And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
Berean Standard Bible
The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe in the breede of the large street, that biholdith to the west, schulen be tentis bi fifti cubitis, and ten pileris schulen be, and so many foundementis.
Young's Literal Translation
`And [for] the breadth of the court at the west side [are] hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
Update Bible Version
And for the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
Webster's Bible Translation
And [for] the breadth of the court on the west side [shall be] hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
World English Bible
For the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
New King James Version
"And along the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits, with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.
New Living Translation
The curtains on the west end of the courtyard will be 75 feet long, supported by ten posts set into ten bases.
New Life Bible
On the west side of the open space there will be curtains as long as twenty-five long steps. They will have ten pillars with ten bases.
New Revised Standard
For the width of the court on the west side there shall be fifty cubits of hangings, with ten pillars and ten bases.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, the breadth of the court on the west side, hangings fifty cubits, - their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But in the breadth of the court, that looketh to the west, there shall be hangings of fifty cubits, and ten pillars, and as many sockets.
Revised Standard Version
And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases.
THE MESSAGE
"For the west end of the Courtyard you will need seventy-five feet of hangings with their ten posts and bases. Across the seventy-five feet at the front, or east end, you will need twenty-two and a half feet of hangings, with their three posts and bases on one side and the same for the other side. At the door of the Courtyard make a screen thirty feet long woven from blue, purple, and scarlet stuff, with fine twisted linen, embroidered by a craftsman, and hung on its four posts and bases. All the posts around the Courtyard are to be banded with silver, with hooks of silver and bases of bronze. The Courtyard is to be 150 feet long and seventy-five feet wide. The hangings of fine twisted linen set on their bronze bases are to be seven and a half feet high. All the tools used for setting up The Holy Dwelling, including all the pegs in it and the Courtyard, are to be made of bronze.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.

Contextual Overview

9 "For the Tent of my presence make an enclosure out of fine linen curtains. On the south side the curtains are to be 50 yards long, 10 supported by twenty bronze posts in twenty bronze bases, with hooks and rods made of silver. 11 Do the same on the north side of the enclosure. 12 On the west side there are to be curtains 25 yards long, with ten posts and ten bases. 13 On the east side, where the entrance is, the enclosure is also to be 25 yards wide. 14On each side of the entrance there are to be 7½ yards of curtains, with three posts and three bases. 16 For the entrance itself there is to be a curtain 10 yards long made of fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool, and decorated with embroidery. It is to be supported by four posts in four bases. 17 All the posts around the enclosure are to be connected with silver rods, and their hooks are to be made of silver and their bases of bronze. 18 The enclosure is to be 50 yards long, 25 yards wide, and 2½ yards high. The curtains are to be made of fine linen and the bases of bronze. 19 All the equipment that is used in the Tent and all the pegs for the Tent and for the enclosure are to be made of bronze.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Exodus 26:19 - forty sockets of silver

Cross-References

Genesis 9:25
he said, "A curse on Canaan! He will be a slave to his brothers.
Genesis 25:27
The boys grew up, and Esau became a skilled hunter, a man who loved the outdoors, but Jacob was a quiet man who stayed at home.
Genesis 27:21
Isaac said to Jacob, "Please come closer so that I can touch you. Are you really Esau?"
Genesis 27:22
Jacob moved closer to his father, who felt him and said, "Your voice sounds like Jacob's voice, but your arms feel like Esau's arms."
Genesis 27:36
Esau said, "This is the second time that he has cheated me. No wonder his name is Jacob. He took my rights as the first-born son, and now he has taken away my blessing. Haven't you saved a blessing for me?"
Deuteronomy 27:18
"‘God's curse on anyone who leads a blind person in the wrong direction.' "And all the people will answer, ‘Amen!'
Job 12:16
God is strong and always victorious; both deceived and deceiver are in his power.
Jeremiah 48:10
(Curse those who do not do the Lord 's work with all their heart! Curse those who do not slash and kill!)
Malachi 1:14
A curse on the cheater who sacrifices a worthless animal to me, when he has in his flock a good animal that he promised to give me! For I am a great king, and people of all nations fear me."
2 Corinthians 6:8
We are honored and disgraced; we are insulted and praised. We are treated as liars, yet we speak the truth;

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And for the breadth of the court, on the west side,.... On the west end, the upper end of the court, near to which reached the holy of holies:

shall be hangings of fifty cubits: or twenty five yards and more, so that the court was but half as broad as it was long:

their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; which was a number proportionate to the hangings, and stood at an equal distance from each other, as the pillars for the sides, at five cubits, or two yards and a half, as commonly computed.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The court of the tabernacle - (Compare Exodus 38:9-20)

Exodus 27:9

The south side southward - The south side on the right. See Exodus 26:18.

Exodus 27:10

Sockets - Bases. See Exodus 26:19.

Fillets - Rather, Connecting rods; curtain-rods of silver connecting the heads of the pillars. The hangings were attached to the pillars by the silver hooks; but the length of the space between the pillars would render it most probable that they were also in some way fastened to these rods.

Exodus 27:13

The east side eastward - On the front side eastward.

Exodus 27:16

An hanging - An entrance curtain, which, unlike the hangings at the sides and back of the court, could be drawn up, or aside, at pleasure. The words are rightly distinguished in our Bible in Numbers 3:26.

Wrought with nedlework - The work of the embroiderer. See Exodus 26:36; Exodus 35:35. On the materials, see Exodus 25:4.

Exodus 27:17

Filleted with silver - Connected with silver rods. See Exodus 27:10,

Exodus 27:19

All the vessels ... - All the tools of the tabernacle used in all its workmanship, and all its tent-pins, and all the tent-pins of the court, shall be of bronze. The working tools of the sanctuary were most probably such things as axes, knives, hammers, etc. that were employed in making, repairing, setting up and taking down the structure. Compare Numbers 3:36.

The tabernacle - The word is here to be taken as including both the משׁכן mı̂shkân and the tent, as in Numbers 1:51, Numbers 1:53, etc. (see Exodus 26:1 note).

The pins - tent-pins.


 
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