Exodus 27:14

14 the hangings on the one wing, of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their bases three.

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 -- And the breadth of the court on the west side, hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their bases ten.

13 -- And the breadth of the court on the east side, eastward, fifty cubits;

14 the hangings on the one wing, of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their bases three.

15 And on the other wing hangings of fifteen [cubits]; their pillars three, and their bases three.

16 -- And for the gate of the court a curtain of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus, embroidered with needlework; their pillars four, and their bases four.

Footnotes

• [a] Lit. 'shoulder' -- one part of the side up to the entrance: so ch. 38.14,15.