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16 And for the gate of the courtyard there will be a screen of twenty cubits of blue and purple and crimson yarns and finely twisted linen, the work of an embroiderer; with their four pillars and their four bases.

17 “All the pillars of the courtyard all around will be banded with silver, and their hooks will be silver, and their bases will be bronze. 18 The length of the courtyard will be one hundred cubits and the width fifty cubits[a] and the height five cubits, of finely twisted linen, with their bronze bases.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 27:18 Or “fifty with fifty.” Some suggest that the word for cubits has been accidentally omitted and the number fifty repeated in the Hebrew text. Others suggest that repetition of the number is original and indicates that the two ends of the courtyard are the same size

16 “For the entrance to the courtyard, provide a curtain(A) twenty cubits[a] long, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer(B)—with four posts and four bases. 17 All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands and hooks, and bronze bases. 18 The courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide,[b] with curtains of finely twisted linen five cubits[c] high, and with bronze bases.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 27:16 That is, about 30 feet or about 9 meters
  2. Exodus 27:18 That is, about 150 feet long and 75 feet wide or about 45 meters long and 23 meters wide
  3. Exodus 27:18 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters