Exodus 27:9

The Courtyard

27:9 “You are to make the courtyard ¹  of the tabernacle. For the south side ²  there are to be hangings ³  for the courtyard of fine twisted linen, one hundred fifty feet long for one side, ⁴ 

Exodus 27:11

27:11 Likewise ⁵  for its length on the north side, there are to be ⁶  hangings for one hundred fifty feet, with twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and bands ⁷  on the posts.

Exodus 27:18

27:18 The length of the courtyard is to be one hundred fifty feet ⁸  and the width seventy-five feet, ⁹  and the height of the fine twisted linen hangings ¹⁰  is to be ¹¹  seven and a half feet, with their bronze bases.

Exodus 38:11

38:11 For the north side the hangings were ¹²  one hundred fifty feet, with their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases, with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver.

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¹ tn Or “enclosure” (TEV).

² tn Heb “south side southward.”

³ tn Or “curtains.”

⁴ sn The entire courtyard of 150 feet by 75 feet was to be enclosed by a curtain wall held up with posts in bases. All these hangings were kept in place by a cord and tent pegs.

⁵ tn Heb “and thus.”

⁶ tn Here the phrase “there will be” has been supplied.

⁷ sn These bands have been thought by some to refer to connecting rods joining the tops of the posts. But it is more likely that they are bands or bind rings surrounding the posts at the base of the capitals (see 38:17).

⁸ tn Heb “a hundred cubits.”

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ tn Here “hangings” has been supplied.

¹¹ tn Here the phrase “is to be” has been supplied.

¹² tn Here the phrase “the hangings were” has been supplied.