American Standard Version
Exodus 38:9
9And he made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;
Exodus 38:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
- New International Version (NIV)Next they made the courtyard. The south side was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely twisted linen,
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he made the court. For the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;
- New King James Version (NKJV)Then he made the court on the south side; the hangings of the court were of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long.
Context of Exodus 38:9
7And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, wherewith to bear it; he made it hollow with planks. 8And he made the laver of brass, and the base thereof of brass, of the mirrors of the ministering women that ministered at the door of the tent of meeting. And he made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits; 10their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver. 11And for the north side a hundred cubits, their pillars twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.
Read all of Exodus 38Exodus 38:9 word by word
וַיַּ֖עַשׂ אֶת־הֶחָצֵ֑ר לִפְאַ֣ת׀ נֶ֣גֶב תֵּימָ֗נָה קַלְעֵ֤י הֶֽחָצֵר֙ שֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֔ר מֵאָ֖ה בָּאַמָּֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Exodus 38:9
- Exodus 27:9And 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:
- Exodus 40:8And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
- 1 Kings 6:36And he built the inner court with three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams.
- Psalms 84:2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of Jehovah; My heart and my flesh cry out unto the living God.
- Psalms 89:7A God very terrible in the council of the holy ones, And to be feared above all them that are round about him?
- Psalms 92:13They are planted in the house of Jehovah; They shall flourish in the courts of our God.
- Psalms 100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, And into his courts with praise: Give thanks unto him, and bless his name.
Commentaries on Exodus 38:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The court - See Clarke on Exodus 27:9.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-20Verses 9-20 The walls of the court being of curtains only, intimated that the state of the Jewish church itself was movable and changeable; and in due time to be taken down and folded up, when the place of the tent should be enlarged, and its cords lengthened, to make room for the Gentile world.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-20This section reports on building the courtyard (38:9–20) and its equipment, including the altar of burnt offering and the bronze basin (38:1–7; 38:8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. the court--It occupied a space of one hundred and fifty feet by seventy-five, and it was enclosed by curtains of fine linen about eight feet high, suspended on brazen or copper pillars. Those curtains were secured by rods fastened to the top, and kept extended by being fastened to pins stuck in the ground.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 38
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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