Exodus 27:14

Listen to Exodus 27:14
14 [Make] the hangings on one side [of the gate] 22 and a half feet,[a] including their three posts and their 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.

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Exodus 27:14 In-Context

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.
15 And make the hangings on the other side 22 and a half [feet], including their three posts and their three bases.
16 The gate of the courtyard is to have a thirty-foot screen embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It is to have four posts including their four bases.

Footnotes 1

  • [a] Lit 15 cubits
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