Exodus 38:9 Next they made the courtyard. The south side was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely twisted linen,

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
Next they made the courtyard. The south side was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely twisted linen,

English Standard Version
And he made the court. For the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;

New American Standard Bible
Then he made the court: for the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, one hundred cubits;

King James Bible
And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then he made the courtyard. The hangings on the south side of the courtyard were of finely spun linen, 150 feet in length,

International Standard Version
Then he made the court. On the south side the hangings for the court were made of fine woven linen, 100 cubits long.

American Standard Version
And he made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;

Douay-Rheims Bible
He made also the court, in the south side whereof were hangings of fine twisted linen, of a hundred cubits,

Darby Bible Translation
And he made the court. On the south side southward, the hangings of the court were of twined byssus, a hundred cubits;

Young's Literal Translation
And he maketh the court; at the south side southward, the hangings of the court of twined linen, a hundred by the cubit,

Cross References

Exodus 26:1
Moreover you shall make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubim of cunning work shall you make them.

Exodus 27:9
And you shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

Exodus 38:10
Their pillars were twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

Numbers 4:26
And the hangings of the court, and the hanging for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and by the altar round about, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and all that is made for them: so shall they serve.

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

38:9-20 The walls of the court being of curtains only, intimated that the state of the Jewish church itself was movable and changeable; and in due time to be taken down and folded up, when the place of the tent should be enlarged, and its cords lengthened, to make room for the Gentile world.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

9. the court—It occupied a space of one hundred and fifty feet by seventy-five, and it was enclosed by curtains of fine linen about eight feet high, suspended on brazen or copper pillars. Those curtains were secured by rods fastened to the top, and kept extended by being fastened to pins stuck in the ground.