Exodus 38:14
in Exodus 38The curtains on one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The hangings for the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three;
KJV
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
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This verse in Exodus 38
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
The curtains on one side of the entrance were fifteen cubits long
on Exodus 38:14-17
Every pillar of the court is banded and capped in silver. Verse 28 says that silver is the 1,775 shekels left from the ransom money after the hundred sockets of the dwelling were cast.
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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 words behind it
10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| קְלָעִ֛ים | kelaim | curtains | H7050 → | 22 times |
| חֲמֵשׁ־ | chamesh- | fif- | H2568 → | 343 times |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה | ʾesreh | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| אַמָּ֖ה | ʾamah | cubit[s] | H520 → | 247 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַכָּתֵ֑ף | hakatef | the side | H3802 → | 67 times |
| עַמּוּדֵיהֶ֣ם | ʾamudeihem | pillars their | H5982 → | 111 times |
| שְׁלֹשָׁ֔ה | sheloshah | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם | veadneihem | and bases their | H134 → | 57 times |
| שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ | sheloshah | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
קְלָעִ֛יםcurtains
kelaimH7050 →22 times
חֲמֵשׁ־fif-
chamesh-H2568 →343 times
עֶשְׂרֵ֥הteen
ʾesrehH6240 →338 times
אַמָּ֖הcubit[s]
ʾamahH520 →247 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַכָּתֵ֑ףthe side
hakatefH3802 →67 times
עַמּוּדֵיהֶ֣םpillars their
ʾamudeihemH5982 →111 times
שְׁלֹשָׁ֔הthree
sheloshahH7969 →432 times
וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖םand bases their
veadneihemH134 →57 times
שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃three
sheloshahH7969 →432 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
2 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
Exodus 27:14Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases,
it leads to
- 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.
- Exodus 27:9
You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,
- Exodus 26:36
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.