Exodus 38:16

Exodus 38:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
• New International Version (NIV)All the curtains around the courtyard were of finely twisted linen.
• English Standard Version (ESV)All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen.
• New King James Version (NKJV)All the hangings of the court all around were of fine woven linen.

Context of Exodus 38:16

14with hangings on one side of the gate that were twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases, 15and for the second side of the gate of the courtyard, just like the other, the hangings were twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases. All the hangings around the courtyard were of fine twisted linen. 17The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks of the posts and their bands were silver, their tops were overlaid with silver, and all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands. 18The curtain for the gate of the courtyard was of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer. It was thirty feet long, and like the hangings in the courtyard, it was seven and a half feet high,

Exodus 38:16 word by word

כָּל־קַלְעֵ֧י הֶחָצֵ֛ר סָבִ֖יב שֵׁ֥שׁ מָשְׁזָֽר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• All the hangingsקֶ֫לַעqela‛ · curtainH7050
• of the courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• of fine twinedשָׁזַרshâzar · to twistH7806
• linenשֵׁשׁshêsh sheshîy · linenH8336

Commentaries on Exodus 38:16

• 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. 1-311. the altar of burnt offering--The repetitions are continued, in which may be traced the exact conformity of the execution to the order.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 38:16

• Tabernacle

In the dictionaries

• Cunning
• Fillet
• Occupy
• Overlaying
• Atonement, Day of
• Color; Colors
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Hangings
• Leviticus

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