Exodus 27:12

Exodus 27:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
• New International Version (NIV)“The west end of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide and have curtains, with ten posts and ten bases.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And for the breadth of the court on the west side there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“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.

Context of Exodus 27:12

10Make 20 poles and 20 bronze bases to hold the poles. Use silver to make hooks and sticks to hold the curtains. 11The north side of the yard must also be 45 metres long. It will also have 20 poles with their bronze bases, as well as their silver hooks and sticks. The west end of the yard must be 23 metres long. Make curtains for it, with ten poles and their bronze bases. 13The entrance to the yard is at its east end. That end must also be 23 metres long. 14There will be 7 metres of curtain on each side of the entrance. There will be three poles with their bases to hold the curtains on each side.

Exodus 27:12 word by word

וְרֹ֤חַב הֶֽחָצֵר֙ לִפְאַת־יָ֔ם קְלָעִ֖ים חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים אַמָּ֑ה עַמֻּדֵיהֶ֣ם עֲשָׂרָ֔ה וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם עֲשָׂרָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the breadthרֹ֫חַבrôchab · widthH7341
• of the courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• on the westיָםyâm · sea: westH3220
• sideפֵּאָהpê'âh · sideH6285
• hangingsקֶ֫לַעqela‛ · curtainH7050
• of fiftyחֲמִשִּׁיםchămishshîym · fiftyH2572
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• their pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
• tenעֶשֶׂר‛eώer ‛ăώârâh · tenH6235
• and their socketsאֶ֫דֶן'eden · socketH134

Commentaries on Exodus 27:12

• 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

Topics related to Exodus 27:12

• Curtains
• Tabernacle
• Tapestry

In the dictionaries

• Court
• Hollow
• Tabernacle
• Architecture
• Color; Colors
• Exodus, the Book of
• Four
• Genesis
• Hangings
• Law in the Old Testament

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