Exodus 38:18
in Exodus 38The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
KJV
And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
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This verse in Exodus 38
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered
on Exodus 38:18-20
The courtyard's one door wears the veil's four materials, blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It is twenty cubits wide in a wall a hundred long, marked by colour where all else is white.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Commentary on Chapter XXXVIII 1. The altar of burnt-offering - On this all their sacrifices were offered. Christ was himself the altar to his own sacrifice of atonement, and so he is to all our sacrifices of acknowledgment.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
the height in the breadth--or, "in the measure." The sense is that the hangings of the court gate, which was twenty cubits wide, were of the same height as the hangings all round the court [WALL].
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The words behind it
21 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּמָסַ֞ךְ | umasakh | and [the] screen of | H4539 → | 25 times |
| שַׁ֤עַר | shaar | [the] gate of | H8179 → | 374 times |
| הֶחָצֵר֙ | hechatzer | the courtyard | H2691 → | 191 times |
| מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה | maaseh | [was] [the] work of | H4639 → | 236 times |
| רֹקֵ֔ם | rokem | a worker in colors | H7551 → | 9 times |
| תְּכֵ֧לֶת | tekhelet | violet stuff | H8504 → | 49 times |
| וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ן | veargaman | and purple | H713 → | 38 times |
| וְתוֹלַ֥עַת | vetolaat | and scarlet stuff of | H8438 → | 43 times |
| שָׁנִ֖י | shani | scarlet | H8144 → | 42 times |
| וְשֵׁ֣שׁ | veshesh | and fine linen | H8336 → | 41 times |
| מָשְׁזָ֑ר | mashezar | twisted | H7806 → | 21 times |
| וְעֶשְׂרִ֤ים | veesrim | and [was] twenty | H6242 → | 315 times |
| אַמָּה֙ | ʾamah | cubit[s] | H520 → | 247 times |
| אֹ֔רֶךְ | ʾorekh | [the] length | H753 → | 95 times |
| וְקוֹמָ֤ה | vekomah | and [the] height | H6967 → | 45 times |
| בְרֹ֙חַב֙ | verochav | in breadth | H7341 → | 101 times |
| חָמֵ֣שׁ | chamesh | [was] five | H2568 → | 343 times |
| אַמּ֔וֹת | ʾamot | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| לְעֻמַּ֖ת | leumat | <to> corresponding to | H5980 → | 32 times |
| קַלְעֵ֥י | kalei | [the] curtains of | H7050 → | 22 times |
| הֶחָצֵֽר׃ | hechatzer | the courtyard | H2691 → | 191 times |
וּמָסַ֞ךְand [the] screen of
umasakhH4539 →25 times
שַׁ֤עַר[the] gate of
shaarH8179 →374 times
הֶחָצֵר֙the courtyard
hechatzerH2691 →191 times
מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה[was] [the] work of
maasehH4639 →236 times
רֹקֵ֔םa worker in colors
rokemH7551 →9 times
תְּכֵ֧לֶתviolet stuff
tekheletH8504 →49 times
וְאַרְגָּמָ֛ןand purple
veargamanH713 →38 times
וְתוֹלַ֥עַתand scarlet stuff of
vetolaatH8438 →43 times
שָׁנִ֖יscarlet
shaniH8144 →42 times
וְשֵׁ֣שׁand fine linen
vesheshH8336 →41 times
מָשְׁזָ֑רtwisted
mashezarH7806 →21 times
וְעֶשְׂרִ֤יםand [was] twenty
veesrimH6242 →315 times
אַמָּה֙cubit[s]
ʾamahH520 →247 times
אֹ֔רֶךְ[the] length
ʾorekhH753 →95 times
וְקוֹמָ֤הand [the] height
vekomahH6967 →45 times
בְרֹ֙חַב֙in breadth
verochavH7341 →101 times
חָמֵ֣שׁ[was] five
chameshH2568 →343 times
אַמּ֔וֹתcubits
ʾamotH520 →247 times
לְעֻמַּ֖ת<to> corresponding to
leumatH5980 →32 times
קַלְעֵ֥י[the] curtains of
kaleiH7050 →22 times
הֶחָצֵֽר׃the courtyard
hechatzerH2691 →191 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
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Through
2 Chronicles 3:14He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
it leads to
- Hebrews 9:3
Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
- Matthew 27:51
At that moment the veil of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth quaked and the rocks were split.
- Exodus 26:31–35
Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
- Hebrews 10:20
by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,
- Hebrews 9:3
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.