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Exodus 27:9
9“Make a courtyard for the tabernacle. The south side shall be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains of finely twisted linen,
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:
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)“Then make the courtyard for the Tabernacle, enclosed with curtains made of finely woven linen. On the south side, make the curtains 150 feet long.
Context of Exodus 27:9
7The poles are to be inserted into the rings so they will be on two sides of the altar when it is carried. 8Make the altar hollow, out of boards. It is to be made just as you were shown on the mountain. “Make a courtyard for the tabernacle. The south side shall be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains of finely twisted linen, 10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. 11The north side shall also be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
Read all of Exodus 27Exodus 27:9 word by word
וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ אֵ֖ת חֲצַ֣ר הַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ן לִפְאַ֣ת נֶֽגֶב־תֵּ֠ימָנָה קְלָעִ֨ים לֶחָצֵ֜ר שֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֗ר מֵאָ֤ה בָֽאַמָּה֙ אֹ֔רֶךְ לַפֵּאָ֖ה הָאֶחָֽת׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And thou shalt makeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
- the courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
- of the tabernacleמִשְׁכָּןmishkân · tabernacleH4908
- for the southנֶ֫גֶבnegeb · southH5045
- sideפֵּאָהpê'âh · sideH6285
- southwardתֵּימָןtêymân têmân · southH8486
- hangingsקֶ֫לַעqela‛ · curtainH7050
- fine twinedשָׁזַרshâzar · to twistH7806
- linenשֵׁשׁshêsh sheshîy · linenH8336
- of an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
- cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
- longאֹ֫רֶךְ'ôrek · lengthH753
- for oneאֶחָד'echâd · oneH259
Cross-references for Exodus 27:9
- Exodus 38:9Next they made the courtyard. The south side was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely twisted linen,
- Exodus 40:8Set up the courtyard around it and put the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard.
- 1 Kings 6:36And he built the inner courtyard of three courses of dressed stone and one course of trimmed cedar beams.
- 1 Kings 8:64On that same day the king consecrated the middle part of the courtyard in front of the temple of the Lord, and there he offered burnt offerings, grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings, because the bronze altar that stood before the Lord was too small to hold the burnt offerings, the grain offerings and the fat of the fellowship offerings.
- 2 Chronicles 33:5In both courts of the temple of the Lord, he built altars to all the starry hosts.
- Psalms 84:10Better 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 praise his name.
- Psalms 116:19in the courts of the house of the Lord— in your midst, Jerusalem. Praise the Lord.
- Ezekiel 40:14He measured along the faces of the projecting walls all around the inside of the gateway—sixty cubits. The measurement was up to the portico facing the courtyard.
- Ezekiel 41:3Then he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the jambs of the entrance; each was two cubits wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the projecting walls on each side of it were seven cubits wide.
- Ezekiel 46:20He said to me, “This is the place where the priests are to cook the guilt offering and the sin offering and bake the grain offering, to avoid bringing them into the outer court and consecrating the people.”
- Exodus 26:31“Make a curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker.
- Exodus 36:17Then they made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in one set and also along the edge of the end curtain in the other set.
- Exodus 39:40the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases, and the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard; the ropes and tent pegs for the courtyard; all the furnishings for 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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