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the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Literal Standard Version

Exodus 40:8

And you have set the court all around, and have placed the covering of the gate of the court,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Tabernacle;   Thompson Chain Reference - Dedication;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Desert, Journey of Israel through the;   Tabernacle;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Dedication;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Court;   Tabernacle;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exodus, Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Events of the Encampment;   Tabernacle, the;   Worship, the;   Last Days at Sinai;   Moses, the Man of God;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hangings;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Leviticus;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall set up the court around it, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
King James Version
And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
Lexham English Bible
And you will set up the courtyard all around, and you will put up the screen of the gate of the courtyard.
New Century Version
Set up the courtyard around the Holy Tent, and put the curtain at the entry to the courtyard.
New English Translation
You are to set up the courtyard around it and put the curtain at the gate of the courtyard.
Amplified Bible
"You shall set up the courtyard [curtains] all around and hang up the screen (curtain) for the gateway of the courtyard.
New American Standard Bible
"You shall also set up the courtyard all around and hang up the curtain for the gate of the courtyard.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then thou shalt appoynt the courte round about, and hang vp the hanging at the courte gate.
Legacy Standard Bible
You shall set up the court all around and hang up the screen for the gateway of the court.
Contemporary English Version
Surround the tent and the altar with the wall of curtains and hang the curtain that was made for the entrance.
Complete Jewish Bible
Set up the courtyard all the way around, and hang up the screen for the entrance to the courtyard.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt fix the court round about, and hang up the curtain at the gate of the court.
Easy-to-Read Version
Set up the wall of curtains around the courtyard. Then put the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard.
English Standard Version
And you shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen for the gate of the court.
George Lamsa Translation
And you shall set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
Good News Translation
Put up the surrounding enclosure and hang the curtain at its entrance.
Christian Standard Bible®
Assemble the surrounding courtyard and hang the screen for the gate of the courtyard.
Literal Translation
And you shall set up the court all around. And you shall place the screen of the opening of the court.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
& set the courte rounde aboute, and hange vp the hanginge in the courte gate.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
Bible in Basic English
And put up the hangings forming the open space all round it, with the curtain over its doorway.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And make the court rounde about, & hang vp the hangyng at the court gate.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt set vp the Court round about, and hang vp the hanging at the Court gate.
English Revised Version
And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
Berean Standard Bible
Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance of the courtyard.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thou schalt cumpas the greet street, and the entryng ther of with tentis.
Young's Literal Translation
`And thou hast set the court round about, and hast placed the covering of the gate of the court,
Update Bible Version
And you shall set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court-gate.
World English Bible
You shall set up the court around it, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
New King James Version
You shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen at the court gate.
New Living Translation
Then set up the courtyard around the outside of the tent, and hang the curtain for the courtyard entrance.
New Life Bible
Hang the curtains all around the open space and hang the curtain at the gate of the open space.
New Revised Standard
You shall set up the court all around, and hang up the screen for the gate of the court.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And thou shalt put up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt encompass the court with hangings, and the entry thereof.
Revised Standard Version
And you shall set up the court round about, and hang up the screen for the gate of the court.
THE MESSAGE
"Set up the Courtyard on all sides and hang the curtain at the entrance to the Courtyard.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall set up the court all around and hang up the veil for the gateway of the court.

Contextual Overview

1And YHWH speaks to Moses, saying, 2"On the first day of the month, in the first month, you raise up the Dwelling Place of the Tent of Meeting, 3and have set the Ark of the Testimony [in] there, and have covered over the Ark with the veil, 4and have brought in the table, and set its arrangement in order, and have brought in the lampstand, and caused its lamps to go up. 5And you have put the golden altar for incense before the Ark of the Testimony, and have put the covering of the opening to the Dwelling Place, 6and have put the altar of the burnt-offering before the opening of the Dwelling Place of the Tent of Meeting, 7and have put the laver between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and have put water [in] there. 8And you have set the court all around, and have placed the covering of the gate of the court,9and have taken the anointing oil, and anointed the Dwelling Place, and all that [is] in it, and hallowed it, and all its vessels, and it has been holy; 10and you have anointed the altar of the burnt-offering, and all its vessels, and sanctified the altar, and the altar has been most holy;

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the court: Exodus 40:33, Exodus 27:9-19, Exodus 38:9-20, Matthew 16:18, 1 Corinthians 12:28, Ephesians 4:11, Ephesians 4:12

Cross-References

Genesis 40:10
And in the vine [are] three branches, and it [is] as it were flourishing; gone up has its blossom, its clusters have ripened grapes;
Genesis 40:11
and Pharaoh's cup [is] in my hand, and I take the grapes and press them into the cup of Pharaoh, and I give the cup into the hand of Pharaoh."
Genesis 40:15
for I was really stolen from the land of the Hebrews; and here also I have done nothing that they have put me in the pit [for]."
Genesis 40:16
And the chief of the bakers sees that he has interpreted good, and he says to Joseph, "I also [am] in a dream, and behold, three baskets of white bread [are] on my head,
Psalms 25:14
The secret of YHWH [is] for those fearing Him, || And His covenant—to cause them to know.
Isaiah 8:19
And when they say to you, "Seek to those having familiar spirits, || And to wizards, who chatter and mutter," || Does a people not seek to its God? To the dead on behalf of the living?
Daniel 2:11
and the thing that the king is asking [is] precious, and there are no others that show it before the king, except the gods, whose dwelling is not with flesh."
Daniel 2:28
but there is a God in the heavens, a revealer of secrets, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar that which [is] to be in the latter end of the days. Your dream and the visions of your head on your bed are these:
Daniel 2:47
The king has answered Daniel and said, "Of a truth [it is] that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, since you have been able to reveal this secret."
Daniel 4:8
And at last Daniel has come up before me, whose name [is] Belteshazzar—according to the name of my god—and in whom [is] the spirit of the holy gods, and the dream before him I have told:

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shall set up the court round about,.... Which consisted of various hangings, east, west, north, and south; see

Exodus 27:9.


 
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