Exodus 27:12

12 And the width of the courtyard for the west side [will be] hangings of fifty cubits, their ten pillars and their ten bases.

Exodus 27:12 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 27:12

And for the breadth of the court, on the west side
On the west end, the upper end of the court, near to which reached the holy of holies:

shall be hangings of fifty cubits:
or twenty five yards and more, so that the court was but half as broad as it was long:

their pillars ten, and their sockets ten;
which was a number proportionate to the hangings, and stood at an equal distance from each other, as the pillars for the sides, at five cubits, or two yards and a half, as commonly computed.

Exodus 27:12 In-Context

10 And its twenty pillars and their twenty bases [will be] bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands [will be] silver.

11 And likewise for the north side along the length [will be] hangings one hundred cubits long; and its twenty pillars and their bases [will be] bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands [will be] silver.

12 And the width of the courtyard for the west side [will be] hangings of fifty cubits, their ten pillars and their ten bases.

13 And the width of the courtyard for the east side, toward sunrise, [will be] fifty cubits.

14 And hangings for the shoulder [will be] fifteen cubits [with] their three pillars and their three bases.

Footnotes

• [a] Or "sea"