Berean Standard Bible
Exodus 27:9
9You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long1 on one side,
Exodus 27:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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 of an hundred cubits long for one side:
- New International Version (NIV)“Make a courtyard for the tabernacle. The south side shall be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains of finely twisted linen,
- English Standard Version (ESV)"You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“You shall also make the court of the tabernacle. For the south side there shall be hangings for the court made of fine woven linen, one hundred cubits long for one side.
Context of Exodus 27:9
7The poles are to be inserted into the rings so that the poles are on two sides of the altar when it is carried. 8Construct the altar with boards so that it is hollow. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain. You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side, 10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts. 11Likewise there are to be curtains on the north side, a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
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וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ אֵ֖ת חֲצַ֣ר הַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ן לִפְאַ֣ת נֶֽגֶב־תֵּ֠ימָנָה קְלָעִ֨ים לֶחָצֵ֜ר שֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֗ר מֵאָ֤ה בָֽאַמָּה֙ אֹ֔רֶךְ לַפֵּאָ֖ה הָאֶחָֽת׃Read the interlinear
- You are also to makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
- a courtyardחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
- for the tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
- On the southנֶ֫גֶבnegeb · southH5045
- On the southתֵּימָןtêymân têmân · southH8486
- sideפֵּאָהpê'âh · sideH6285
- make curtainsקֶ֫לַעqela‛ · curtainH7050
- of finely spunשָׁזַרshâzar · to twistH7806
- linenשֵׁשׁshêsh sheshîy · linenH8336
- a hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
- longאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
- on oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
Cross-references for Exodus 27:9
- Exodus 38:9Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,
- Exodus 40:8Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.
- 1 Kings 6:36Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
- 1 Kings 8:64On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.
- 2 Chronicles 33:5In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
- Psalms 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- Psalms 92:13Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
- Psalms 100:4Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
- Psalms 116:19in the courts of the LORD’s house, in your midst, O Jerusalem. Hallelujah!
- Ezekiel 40:14Next he measured the gateposts to be sixty cubits high. The gateway extended around to the gatepost of the courtyard.
- Ezekiel 41:3And he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the side pillars at the entrance to be two cubits wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the walls on each side were seven cubits wide.
- Ezekiel 46:20and said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering, and where they shall bake the grain offering, so that they do not bring them into the outer court and transmit holiness to the people.”
- Exodus 26:31Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
- Exodus 36:17He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.
- Exodus 39:40the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases; the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;
Commentaries on Exodus 27:9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9The court of the tabernacle - The tabernacle stood in an enclosure or court, open at the top. This court was made with pillars or posts, and hangings. It was one hundred cubits, or about fifty-eight yards and a half, in length; the breadth we learn from Exodus 27:12, Exodus 27:18; and five cubits, or nearly three yards, high, Exodus 27:18. And as this was but half the height of the tabernacle, Exodus 26:16, that sacred building might easily be seen by the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9-19Verses 9-19 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…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-19Verses 9-19 The tabernacle was enclosed in a court, about sixty yards long and thirty broad, formed by curtains hung upon brazen pillars, fixed in brazen sockets. Within this enclosure the priests and Levites offered the sacrifices, and thither the Jewish people were admitted. These distinctions represented the difference between the visible nominal church, and the true spiritual church, which alone has access to God, and communion with him.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9-19The courtyard plans included curtain walls made of finely woven linen, hanging on posts with bronze bases. The posts were 2.29 meters apart (7.5 feet) and 2.29 meters high (7.5 feet). The curtains formed a rectangle measuring 46 meters long (150 feet) and 22.86 meters wide (75 feet), with a 10-meter opening (30 feet) centered on the east side.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 9-199-19. the court of the tabernacle--The enclosure in which the edifice stood was a rectangular court, extending rather more than fifty yards in length and half that space in breadth, and the enclosing parapet was about three yards or half the height of the tabernacle. That parapet consisted of a connected series of curtains, made of fine twined linen yarn, woven into a kind of network, so that the people could see through; but that large curtain which…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 27
- 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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