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JPS Old Testament

Exodus 27:12

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 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.
Good News Translation
On the west side there are to be curtains 25 yards long, with ten posts and ten bases.
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.
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 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side. 10 And the pillars thereof shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. 11 And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. 12 And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. 13 And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits. 14 The hangings for the one side [of the gate] shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. 15 And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three. 16 And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the weaver in colours: their pillars four, and their sockets four. 17 All the pillars of the court round about shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass. 18 The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Exodus 26:19 - forty sockets of silver

Cross-References

Genesis 9:25
And he said: Cursed be Canaan; a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Genesis 25:27
And the boys grew; and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents.
Genesis 27:21
And Isaac said unto Jacob: 'Come near, I pray thee, that I may feel thee, my son, whether thou be my very son Esau or not.'
Genesis 27:22
And Jacob went near unto Isaac his father; and he felt him, and said: 'The voice is the voice of Jacob, but the hands are the hands of Esau.'
Genesis 27:36
And he said: 'Is not he rightly named Jacob? for he hath supplanted me these two times: he took away my birthright; and, behold, now he hath taken away my blessing.' And he said: 'Hast thou not reserved a blessing for me?'
Deuteronomy 27:18
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to go astray in the way. And all the people shall say: Amen.
Job 12:16
With Him is strength and sound wisdom; the deceived and the deceiver are His.
Jeremiah 48:10
Cursed be he that doeth the work of the LORD with a slack hand, and cursed be he that keepeth back his sword from blood.
Malachi 1:14
But cursed be he that dealeth craftily, whereas he hath in his flock a male, and voweth, and sacrificeth unto the Lord a blemished thing; for I am a great King, saith the LORD of hosts, and My name is feared among the nations.

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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