KJV King James Version
And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court [were of] fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
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Exodus 38:9
And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court [were of] fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,
WEB World English Bible
He made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;
ASV American Standard Version
And he made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And he maketh the court; at the south side southward, the hangings of the court of twined linen, a hundred by the cubit,
Surrounding context — Exodus 38
6 And he made the staves [of] shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.
7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
8 And he made the laver [of] brass, and the foot of it [of] brass, of the lookingglasses of [the women] assembling, which assembled [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
9 And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court [were of] fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
10 Their pillars [were] twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [were of] silver.
11 And for the north side [the hangings were] an hundred cubits, their pillars [were] twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [of] silver.
12 And for the west side [were] hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets [of] silver.
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וַיַּ֖עַשׂH6213 · a.sahto make: doאֶת־H853 · et[Obj.]הֶחָצֵ֑רH2691 · cha.tsercourtלִפְאַ֣ת׀H6285 · pe.ahsideנֶ֣גֶבH5045 · ne.gevNegebתֵּימָ֗נָהH8486 · te.mansouthקַלְעֵ֤יH7050 · qe.laslingהֶֽחָצֵר֙H2691 · cha.tsercourtשֵׁ֣שׁH8336 · sheshalabasterמָשְׁזָ֔רH7806 · sha.zarto twistמֵאָ֖הH3967 · me.ahhundredבָּאַמָּֽה׃H520 · am.mahcubit
Cross-references
Exodus 27:9-19And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward [there shall be] hangings for the court [of] fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:Psalm 89:7God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all [them that are] about him.Exodus 40:8And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.Psalm 100:4Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, [and] into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, [and] bless his name.Psalm 84:10For a day in thy courts [is] better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.Psalm 92:13Those that be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of our God.Psalm 84:2My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the LORD: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.1 Kings 6:36And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.Exodus 40:33And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.
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