Exodus 38:18
16 All the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen.
17 The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.
The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,
19 with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops.
20 All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,
- KJV
- And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
- WEB
- The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits was the length, and the height along the width was five cubits, like the hangings of the court.
- ASV
- And the screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.
- DARBY
- And the curtain of the gate of the court was of embroidery of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus; and the length was twenty cubits, and the height like the breadth, five cubits, just as the hangings of the court;
- BLB
- And the screen of the gate of the court, the work of a weaver [was] of blue, and purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely woven linen. And twenty cubits [was] the length, and the height along its width [was] five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.
- ÅB
- Forhenget til forgårdens port var i utsydd arbeid av blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull og fint, tvunnet lingarn, tyve alen langt og fem alen høyt etter vevens bredde, i likhet med forgårdens omheng.
- OTB
- Forhenget for inngangen til forgården ble laget av en vever, med blått, purpur og skarlagenrødt garn og fint tvunnet lin. Det målte tjue alen i lengde og fem alen i høyde, i samsvar med forhengene i forgården.
- B1930
- Forhenget til forgårdens port var i utsydd arbeid av blå og purpurrød og karmosinrød ull og fint, tvunnet lingarn, tyve alen langt og fem alen høit efter vevens bredde, i likhet med forgårdens omheng.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
2 Chronicles 3:14
He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.
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