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Exodus 27:16-18
New English Translation
Exodus 27:16-18
New English Translation
16 For the gate of the courtyard there is to be a curtain of 30 feet, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer, with four posts and their four bases. 17 All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands;[a] their hooks are to be[b] silver, and their bases bronze. 18 The length of the courtyard is to be 150 feet[c] and the width 75 feet,[d] and the height of the fine twisted linen hangings[e] is to be[f] 7½ feet, with their bronze bases.
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- Exodus 27:17 tn The text uses the passive participle here: they are to “be filleted with silver” or “bound round” with silver.
- Exodus 27:17 tn Here the phrase “are to be” has been supplied.
- Exodus 27:18 tn Heb “100 cubits.”
- Exodus 27:18 tn Heb “fifty.” The text has “and the width 50 [cubits] with 50.” This means that it is 50 cubits wide on the western end and 50 cubits wide on the eastern end.
- Exodus 27:18 tn Here “hangings” has been supplied.
- Exodus 27:18 tn Here the phrase “is to be” has been supplied.
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