Exodus 27:9-21

Court of the Tabernacle

9 "You shall make 1the court of the tabernacle. On the south * side there shall be hangings for the court of fine twisted linen one hundred cubits long for one side;
10 and its pillars shall be twenty, with their twenty sockets of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
11 "Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars with their twenty sockets of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver.
12 "For the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten sockets.
13 "The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits.
14 "The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen * cubits with their three pillars and their three sockets.
15 "And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen * cubits with their three pillars and their three sockets.
16 "For the gate of the court there shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver, with their four pillars and their four sockets.
17 "All the pillars around the court shall be furnished with silver bands with their hooks of silver and their sockets of bronze.
18 "The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits of fine twisted linen, and their sockets of bronze.
19 "All the utensils of the tabernacle used in all its service, and all its pegs, and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze.
20 "You shall charge the sons of Israel, that they bring you 2clear oil of beaten olives for the light, to make a lamp burn continually.
21 "In the 3tent of meeting, outside * 4the veil which is before the testimony, 5Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a perpetual 6statute throughout their generations for the sons of Israel.

Cross References 6

  • 1. Exodus 38:9-20
  • 2. Exodus 35:8, 28; Leviticus 24:1-4
  • 3. Exodus 25:22; Exodus 29:42; Exodus 30:36
  • 4. Exodus 26:31, 33
  • 5. Exodus 30:8; 1 Samuel 3:3; 2 Chronicles 13:11
  • 6. Exodus 28:43; Exodus 29:9; Leviticus 3:17; Leviticus 16:34; Numbers 18:23; Numbers 19:21; 1 Samuel 30:25

Footnotes 20

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