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Exodus 27:16

in Exodus 27

The 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.

This verse in Exodus 27

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

And 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

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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 & Brown

1802–1910

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 words

Every 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.

  • 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 stops

Each 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 45:14

    In 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.

  • 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.

  • Through

    Exodus 26:36

    For 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,

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.

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.