Exodus 27:14

Exodus 27:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
• New International Version (NIV)Curtains fifteen cubits long are to be on one side of the entrance, with three posts and three bases,
• English Standard Version (ESV)The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The hangings on one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.

Context of Exodus 27:14

12For the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten sockets. 13The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits. The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three sockets. 15And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three sockets. 16For the gate of the court there shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver, with their four pillars and their four sockets.

Exodus 27:14 word by word

וַחֲמֵ֨שׁ עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה אַמָּ֛ה קְלָעִ֖ים לַכָּתֵ֑ף עַמֻּדֵיהֶ֣ם שְׁלֹשָׁ֔ה וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃Read the interlinear

• The hangingsקֶ֫לַעqela‛ · curtainH7050
• sideכָּתֵףkâthêph · shoulderH3802
• fifteenחָמֵשׁchâmêsh chămishshâh · fiveH2568
• fifteenעָשָׂר‛âώâr · tenH6240
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• their threeשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
• socketsאֶ֫דֶן'eden · socketH134

Cross-references for Exodus 27:14

• Exodus 27:9“You shall make the court of the tabernacle. On the south side there shall be hangings for the court of fine twisted linen one hundred cubits long for one side;
• Exodus 26:36“You shall make a screen for the doorway of the tent of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver.

Commentaries on Exodus 27:14

• 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 27:14

• Curtains
• Tabernacle
• Tapestry

In the dictionaries

• Court
• Hollow
• Tabernacle
• Architecture
• Color; Colors
• Exodus, the Book of
• Four
• Gate, East
• Genesis
• Hangings

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