Exodus 27:16
in Exodus 27The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
KJV
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
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This verse in Exodus 27
Commentary
5 notes on this verseAnd for the gate of the court - It appears that the hangings of this gate were of the same materials and workmanship with that of the inner covering of the tabernacle, and the outer and inner veil. See Exo 26:36.
This site's exposition
Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long
on Exodus 27:14-16
Fifteen cubits of linen on either side leave a twenty-cubit gate, the one coloured thing in the perimeter. The single way in faces east, the quarter where Genesis 3:24 set the cherubim.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
4 ); yet this court would contain but a few worshippers. Thanks be to God, now, under the gospel, the enclosure is taken down. God's will is that men pray every where; and there is room for all that in every place call on the name of Jesus Christ.
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And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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.
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The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּלְשַׁ֨עַר | uleshaar | and for [the] gate of | H8179 → | 374 times |
| הֶֽחָצֵ֜ר | hechatzer | the courtyard | H2691 → | 191 times |
| מָסָ֣ךְ׀ | masakh | a screen | H4539 → | 25 times |
| עֶשְׂרִ֣ים | ʾesrim | twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| אַמָּ֗ה | ʾamah | cubit[s] | H520 → | 247 times |
| תְּכֵ֨לֶת | tekhelet | violet stuff | H8504 → | 49 times |
| וְאַרְגָּמָ֜ן | veargaman | and purple | H713 → | 38 times |
| וְתוֹלַ֧עַת | vetolaat | and scarlet stuff of | H8438 → | 43 times |
| שָׁנִ֛י | shani | scarlet | H8144 → | 42 times |
| וְשֵׁ֥שׁ | veshesh | and fine linen | H8336 → | 41 times |
| מָשְׁזָ֖ר | mashezar | twisted | H7806 → | 21 times |
| מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה | maaseh | [the] work of | H4639 → | 236 times |
| רֹקֵ֑ם | rokem | a worker in colors | H7551 → | 9 times |
| עַמֻּֽדֵיהֶם֙ | ʾamudeihem | pillars their | H5982 → | 111 times |
| אַרְבָּעָ֔ה | ʾarbaah | four | H702 → | 318 times |
| וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם | veadneihem | and bases their | H134 → | 57 times |
| אַרְבָּעָֽה׃ | ʾarbaah | four | H702 → | 318 times |
וּלְשַׁ֨עַרand for [the] gate of
uleshaarH8179 →374 times
הֶֽחָצֵ֜רthe courtyard
hechatzerH2691 →191 times
מָסָ֣ךְ׀a screen
masakhH4539 →25 times
עֶשְׂרִ֣יםtwenty
ʾesrimH6242 →315 times
אַמָּ֗הcubit[s]
ʾamahH520 →247 times
תְּכֵ֨לֶתviolet stuff
tekheletH8504 →49 times
וְאַרְגָּמָ֜ןand purple
veargamanH713 →38 times
וְתוֹלַ֧עַתand scarlet stuff of
vetolaatH8438 →43 times
שָׁנִ֛יscarlet
shaniH8144 →42 times
וְשֵׁ֥שׁand fine linen
vesheshH8336 →41 times
מָשְׁזָ֖רtwisted
mashezarH7806 →21 times
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה[the] work of
maasehH4639 →236 times
רֹקֵ֑םa worker in colors
rokemH7551 →9 times
עַמֻּֽדֵיהֶם֙pillars their
ʾamudeihemH5982 →111 times
אַרְבָּעָ֔הfour
ʾarbaahH702 →318 times
וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖םand bases their
veadneihemH134 →57 times
אַרְבָּעָֽה׃four
ʾarbaahH702 →318 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 45:14In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
it leads to
- Song of Solomon 8:13
You who dwell in the gardens, my companions are listening for your voice. Let me hear it!
- 2 Corinthians 11:2
I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
- Song of Solomon 6:13
Come back, come back, O Shulammite! Come back, come back, that we may gaze upon you. Why do you look at the Shulammite, as on the dance of Mahanaim?
- Song of Solomon 6:1
Where has your beloved gone, O most beautiful among women? Which way has he turned? We will seek him with you.
- Song of Solomon 1:3–5
The fragrance of your perfume is pleasing; your name is like perfume poured out. No wonder the maidens adore you.
- Song of Solomon 8:13
Through
Judges 5:30‘Are they not finding and dividing the spoil—a girl or two for each warrior, a plunder of dyed garments for Sisera, the spoil of embroidered garments for the neck of the looter?’
it leads to
- Exodus 15:9
The enemy declared, ‘I will pursue, I will overtake. I will divide the spoils; I will gorge myself on them. I will draw my sword; my hand will destroy them.’
- Psalms 45:14
In colorful garments she is led to the king; her virgin companions are brought before you.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 15:9
Through
Exodus 26:36For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen.
it leads to
- Exodus 36:37
For the entrance to the tent, he made a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen,
- Exodus 36:37
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
