Exodus 38:11

Exodus 38:11 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And for the north side there were hangings of a hundred cubits; their twenty pillars and their twenty bases were of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
• New King James Version (NKJV)On the north side the hangings were one hundred cubits long, with twenty pillars and their twenty bronze sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He made a similar set of curtains for the north side—150 feet of curtains held up by twenty posts set securely in bronze bases. He hung the curtains with silver hooks and rings.

Context of Exodus 38:11

9Next they made the courtyard. The south side was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely twisted linen, 10with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. The north side was also a hundred cubits long and had twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts. 12The west end was fifty cubits wide and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts. 13The east end, toward the sunrise, was also fifty cubits wide.

Exodus 38:11 word by word

וְלִפְאַ֤ת צָפוֹן֙ מֵאָ֣ה בָֽאַמָּ֔ה עַמּוּדֵיהֶ֣ם עֶשְׂרִ֔ים וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֥ם עֶשְׂרִ֖ים נְחֹ֑שֶׁת וָוֵ֧י הָֽעַמּוּדִ֛ים וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶ֖ם כָּֽסֶף׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And for the northצָפוֹןtsâphôn tsâphôn · northH6828
• sideפֵּאָהpê'âh · sideH6285
• an hundredמֵאָהmê'âh mê'yâh · hundredH3967
• cubitsאַמָּה'ammâh · cubitH520
• their pillarsעַמּוּד‛ammûd ‛ammûd · pillarH5982
• twentyעֶשְׂרִים‛eώrîym · twentyH6242
• and their socketsאֶ֫דֶן'eden · socketH134
• of brassנְחֹ֫שֶׁתnechôsheth · bronzeH5178
• the hooksוָוvâv · hookH2053
• and their filletsחָשׁוּקchâshûq châshûq · ringH2838
• silverכֶּ֫סֶףkeseph · silver: moneyH3701

Commentaries on Exodus 38:11

• 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. 1111. sockets--mortices or holes in which the end of the pillars stood.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 38:11

• Hooks
• 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