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The Courtyard

Exodus 38:9

In 11 translations

BSB
Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,100 cubits is approximately 150 feet or 45.7 meters.
KJV
¶ And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
WEB
He made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;
ASV
And he made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;
LSV
And he makes the court: at the south side southward, the hangings of the court of twined linen, one hundred by the cubit,
YLT
And he maketh the court; at the south side southward, the hangings of the court of twined linen, a hundred by the cubit,
DBY
And he made the court. On the south side southward, the hangings of the court were of twined byssus, a hundred cubits;
DRC
He made also the court, in the south side whereof were hangings of fine twisted linen, of a hundred cubits,
GNV
Finally he made the court on the South side full South: the hangings of the court were of fine twined linnen, hauing an hundreth cubites.
JPS
And he made the court; for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits.
LXXE37:7
And they made the court toward the south; the curtains of the court of fine linen twined, a hundred cubits every way,Or, on each side.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
וַיַּ֖עַשׂ אֶת־הֶחָצֵ֑ר לִפְאַ֣ת ׀ נֶ֣גֶב תֵּימָ֗נָה קַלְעֵ֤י הֶֽחָצֵר֙ שֵׁ֣שׁ מָשְׁזָ֔ר מֵאָ֖ה בָּאַמָּֽה׃
LXX-Br37:7
Καὶ ἐποίησαν τὴν αὐλῆν τὰ πρὸς Λίβα, ἱστία τῆς αὐλῆς ἐκ βύσσου κεκλωσμένης ἑκατὸν ἐφʼ ἑκατόν·

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 27:9–19You 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, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks…
  • Psalms 89:7In the council of the holy ones, God is greatly feared, and awesome above all who surround Him.
  • Psalms 84:2My soul longs, even faints, for the courts of the LORD; my heart and my flesh cry out for the living God.
  • Psalms 100:4Enter His gates with thanksgiving and His courts with praise; give thanks to Him and bless His name.
  • Psalms 84:10For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
  • 1 Kings 6:36Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
  • Psalms 92:13Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.
  • Exodus 40:8Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.
  • Exodus 40:33And Moses set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and he hung the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 37:7 in some Bibles
  • 38:9 in most Bibles

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