18 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 [a] and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high, [b]
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Exodus 38:18 In-Context
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.
18 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.
Footnotes 2
[a] 20 cubits is approximately 30 feet or 9.1 meters.
[b] 5 cubits is approximately 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters.
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