Exodus 27:12

12 [Make] the hangings of the courtyard on the west side 75 feet^[a] long, including their 10 posts and 10 bases.

Exodus 27:12 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 27:12

And for the breadth of the court, on the west side
On the west end, the upper end of the court, near to which reached the holy of holies:

shall be hangings of fifty cubits:
or twenty five yards and more, so that the court was but half as broad as it was long:

their pillars ten, and their sockets ten;
which was a number proportionate to the hangings, and stood at an equal distance from each other, as the pillars for the sides, at five cubits, or two yards and a half, as commonly computed.

Exodus 27:12 In-Context

10 There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts must be silver.

11 Then [make the hangings] on the north side 150 [feet] long. There are to be 20 posts and 20 bronze bases. The hooks and bands of the posts must be silver.

12 [Make] the hangings of the courtyard on the west side 75 feet long, including their 10 posts and 10 bases.

13 Make the hangings of the courtyard on the east side toward the sunrise 75 feet.

14 [Make] the hangings on one side [of the gate] 22 and a half feet, including their three posts and their three bases.

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit 50 cubits