Exodus 27:14

14 Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, ^[a] with three posts and 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 side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.

13 The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide.

14 Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases,

15 and the curtains on the other side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.

16 The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.

Footnotes

• [a]. 15 cubits is approximately 22.5 feet or 6.9 meters; also in verse 15.