Exodus 27:16
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New International Version (©1984)
"For the entrance to the courtyard, provide a curtain twenty cubits long, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen--the work of an embroiderer--with four posts and four bases.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"For the gate of the court there shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen, the work of a weaver, with their four pillars and their four sockets.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"The entrance to the courtyard must have a 30-foot screen made from fine linen yarn, embroidered with violet, purple, and bright red yarn, [hung] on four posts [set in] four bases.

King James Bible
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

American King James Version
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, worked with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

American Standard Version
And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.

Bible in Basic English
And across the doorway, a veil of twenty cubits of the best linen, made of needlework of blue and purple and red, with four pillars and four bases.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And in the entrance of the court there shall be made a hanging of twenty cubits of violet and purple, and scarlet twice dyed, and fine twisted linen, with embroidered work: it shall have four pillars with as many sockets.

Darby Bible Translation
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.

English Revised Version
And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer: their pillars four, and their sockets four.

Webster's Bible Translation
And for the gate of the court shall be a hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle-work: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

World English Bible
For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.

Young's Literal Translation
'And for the gate of the court a covering of twenty cubits, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of an embroiderer; their pillars four, their sockets four.

Geneva Study Bible

And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

Scofield Reference Notes

[1] gate

In the hangings of the court (Ex 27:9), representing that practical righteousness which God demands in the law, and which, therefore, bars out all men Rom 3:19,20 10:3-5. No colours are inwrought. But the "gate" is Christ Jn 10:9 and Song the colours reappear as in the veil Ex 26:31.

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

27:9-19 The tabernacle was enclosed in a court, about sixty yards long and thirty broad, formed by curtains hung upon brazen pillars, fixed in brazen sockets. Within this enclosure the priests and Levites offered the sacrifices, and thither the Jewish people were admitted. These distinctions represented the difference between the visible nominal church, and the true spiritual church, which alone has access to God, and communion with him.


Exodus 27:15 "And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits with their three pillars and their three sockets.
Exodus 27:17 "All the pillars around the court shall be furnished with silver bands with their hooks of silver and their sockets of bronze. (NASB ©1995)

Bases Best Blue Byssus Colours Court Courtyard Cubits Doorway Embroidered Embroiderer Entrance Fine Four Gate Hanging Linen Material Needlework Needle-Work Pillars Posts Provide Purple Red Scarlet Screen Sockets Stuff Twenty Twined Twisted Veil Weaver Work Wrought Yarn


And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.

of blue Ex 26:31,36

needle-work Ex 28:39 36:37 39:29 Jud 5:30 Ps 45:14

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