Exodus 27:16

27:16 For the gate of the courtyard there is to be a curtain of thirty feet, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer, with four posts and their four bases.

Exodus 27:18-19

27:18 The length of the courtyard is to be one hundred fifty feet 1  and the width seventy-five feet, 2  and the height of the fine twisted linen hangings 3  is to be 4  seven and a half feet, with their bronze bases. 27:19 All 5  the utensils of the tabernacle used 6  in all its service, all its tent pegs, and all the tent pegs of the courtyard are to be made of bronze. 7 

Exodus 38:15

38:15 and for the second side of the gate of the courtyard, just like the other, 8  the hangings were twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases.

Exodus 38:17

38:17 The bases for the posts were bronze. The hooks of the posts and their bands were silver, their tops were overlaid with silver, and all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands. 9 

1 tn Heb “a hundred cubits.”

2 tn Heb “fifty.” The text has “and the width fifty [cubits] with fifty.” This means that it is fifty cubits wide on the western end and fifty cubits wide on the eastern end.

3 tn Here “hangings” has been supplied.

4 tn Here the phrase “is to be” has been supplied.

5 tn Heb “to all”; for use of the preposition lamed (ל) to show inclusion (all belonging to) see GKC 458 §143.e.

6 tn Here “used” has been supplied.

7 sn The tabernacle is an important aspect of OT theology. The writer’s pattern so far has been: ark, table, lamp, and then their container (the tabernacle); then the altar and its container (the courtyard). The courtyard is the place of worship where the people could gather – they entered God’s courts. Though the courtyard may not seem of much interest to current readers, it did interest the Israelites. Here the sacrifices were made, the choirs sang, the believers offered their praises, they had their sins forgiven, they came to pray, they appeared on the holy days, and they heard from God. It was sacred because God met them there; they left the “world” (figuratively speaking) and came into the very presence of God.

8 tn Heb “from this and from this” (cf, 17:12; 25:19; 26:13; 32:15; Josh 8:22, 33; 1 Kgs 10:19-20; Ezek 45:7).

9 tn Heb “they were banded with silver.”