Exodus 27:14

14 The courtyard entrance will be on the east end, flanked by two curtains. The curtain on the right side will be 22 feet long, supported by three posts set into three bases.

Exodus 27:14 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 27:14

The hangings of one side of the gate
Or entrance into the court:

shall be fifteen cubits;
or seven yards and a half:

their pillars three, and their sockets three;
and so stood at the same distance from one another as the rest of the pillars did, the distance of five cubits.

Exodus 27:14 In-Context

12 The curtains on the west end of the courtyard will be 75 feet long, supported by ten posts set into ten bases.
13 The east end of the courtyard, the front, will also be 75 feet long.
14 The courtyard entrance will be on the east end, flanked by two curtains. The curtain on the right side will be 22 feet long, supported by three posts set into three bases.
15 The curtain on the left side will also be 22 feet long, supported by three posts set into three bases.
16 “For the entrance to the courtyard, make a curtain that is 30 feet long. Make it from finely woven linen, and decorate it with beautiful embroidery in blue, purple, and scarlet thread. Support it with four posts, each securely set in its own base.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Hebrew 15 cubits [6.9 meters]; also in 27:15 .
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