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Exodus 27:12

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.

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.
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.
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 Thou shalt make also the court of the tabernacle, in the south side whereof southward there shall be hangings of fine twisted linen of a hundred cubits long for one side. 10 And twenty pillars with as many sockets of brass, the heads of which, with their engraving, shall be of silver. 11 In like manner also on the north side there shall be hangings of a hundred cubits long, twenty pillars, and as many sockets of brass, and their heads with their engraving of silver. 12 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. 13 In that breadth also of the court, which looketh to the east, there shall be fifty cubits. 14 In which there shall be for one side, hangings of fifteen cubits, and three pillars, and as many sockets. 15 And in the other side, there shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with three pillars, and as many sockets. 16 And in the entrance of the court there shall be made a hanging of twenty cubits of violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen, with embroidered work: it shall have four pillars, with as many sockets. 17 All the pillars of the court round about shall be garnished with plates of silver, silver heads, and sockets of brass. 18 In length the court shall take up a hundred cubits, in breadth fifty, the height shall be of five cubits, and it shall be made of fine twisted linen, and shall have sockets of brass.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: Exodus 26:19 - forty sockets of silver

Cross-References

Genesis 9:25
He said: Cursed be Chanaan, a servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren.
Genesis 25:27
And when they were grown up, Esau became a skilful hunter, and a husbandman: but Jacob, a plain man, dwelt in tents.
Genesis 27:21
And Isaac said: Come hither, that I may feel thee, my son, and may prove whether thou be my son Esau, or no.
Genesis 27:22
He came near to his father, and when he had felt him, Isaac said: The voice indeed is the voice of Jacob; but the hands, are the hands of Esau.
Genesis 27:36
But he said again: Rightly is his name called Jacob; for he hath supplanted me lo this second time: My birthright he took away before, and now this second time he hath stolen away my blessing. And again he said to his father: Hast thou not reserved me also a blessing?
Deuteronomy 27:18
Cursed be he that maketh the blind to wander out of his way: and all the people shall say: Amen.
Job 12:16
With him is strength and wisdom: he knoweth both the deceivers, and him that is deceived.
Jeremiah 48:10
Cursed be he that doth the work of the Lord deceitfully: and cursed be he that withholdeth his sword from blood.
Malachi 1:14
Cursed is the deceitful man that hath in his flock a male, and making a vow offereth in sacrifice that which is feeble to the Lord: for I am a great King, saith the Lord of hosts, and my name is dreadful among the Gentiles.
2 Corinthians 6:8
By honour and dishonour: by evil report and good report: as deceivers and yet true: as unknown and yet known:

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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