Focused Passage

Exodus 27:9-19

The Altar, Courtyard, and Oil for the Lamp

The LORD commands Moses to make the bronze altar for burnt offerings, its utensils and carrying poles, the courtyard with its curtains, posts, bases, and entrance screen, and finally to command Israel to bring pure olive oil so the lamp may burn regularly before the LORD from evening until morning.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

9 You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side,

10 with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.

11 Likewise there are to be curtains on the north side, a hundred cubits long, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.

12 The curtains on the west side of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits wide, with ten posts and ten bases.

13 The east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide.

14 Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases,

15 and the curtains on the other side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.

16 The gate of the courtyard shall be twenty cubits long, with a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It shall have four posts and four bases.

17 All the posts around the courtyard shall have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.

18 The entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.

19 All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, including all its tent pegs and the tent pegs of the courtyard, shall be made of bronze.

Study Helps

References and Original Words

Verse 9

Original words

You are also to make וְעָשִׂ֕יתָ H6213 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular - אֵ֖ת H853 Direct object marker a courtyard חֲצַ֣ר H2691 Noun - common singular construct for the tabernacle הַמִּשְׁכָּ֑ן H4908 Article | Noun - masculine singular On the south נֶֽגֶב־ H5045 Noun - masculine singular . . . תֵּ֠ימָנָה H8486 Noun - feminine singular | third person feminine singular side לִפְאַ֣ת H6285 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct of the courtyard לֶחָצֵ֜ר H2691 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - common singular make curtains קְלָעִ֨ים H7050 Noun - masculine plural of finely spun מָשְׁזָ֗ר H7806 Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine singular linen שֵׁ֣שׁ H8336 Noun - masculine singular a hundred מֵאָ֤ה H3967 Number - feminine singular cubits בָֽאַמָּה֙ H520 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular long אֹ֔רֶךְ H753 Noun - masculine singular on one הָאֶחָֽת׃ H259 Article | Number - feminine singular side לַפֵּאָ֖ה H6285 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular

BSB notes

  • 100 cubits is approximately 150 feet or 45.7 meters; also in verse 11.
Verse 10

Original words

with twenty עֶשְׂרִ֔ים H6242 Number - common plural posts וְעַמֻּדָ֣יו H5982 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular and twenty עֶשְׂרִ֖ים H6242 Number - common plural bronze נְחֹ֑שֶׁת H5178 Noun - feminine singular bases וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֥ם H134 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural and silver כָּֽסֶף׃ H3701 Noun - masculine singular hooks וָוֵ֧י H2053 Noun - masculine plural construct and bands וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶ֖ם H2838 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural on the posts הָעַמֻּדִ֛ים H5982 Article | Noun - masculine plural
Verse 11

Original words

Likewise וְכֵ֨ן H3651 Conjunctive waw | Adverb [there are to be] curtains קְלָעִ֖ים H7050 Noun - masculine plural on the north צָפוֹן֙ H6828 Noun - feminine singular side לִפְאַ֤ת H6285 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct a hundred מֵ֣אָה H3967 Number - feminine singular [cubits] אֹ֑רֶךְ H753 Noun - masculine singular long בָּאֹ֔רֶךְ H753 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular with twenty עֶשְׂרִ֗ים H6242 Number - common plural posts וְעַמְדּוּ H5982 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular and twenty עֶשְׂרִים֙ H6242 Number - common plural bronze נְחֹ֔שֶׁת H5178 Noun - feminine singular bases וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֤ם H134 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural and with silver כָּֽסֶף׃ H3701 Noun - masculine singular hooks וָוֵ֧י H2053 Noun - masculine plural construct and bands וַחֲשֻׁקֵיהֶ֖ם H2838 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural on the posts הָֽעַמֻּדִ֛ים H5982 Article | Noun - masculine plural
Verse 12

Original words

The curtains קְלָעִ֖ים H7050 Noun - masculine plural on the west יָ֔ם H3220 Noun - masculine singular side לִפְאַת־ H6285 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct of the courtyard הֶֽחָצֵר֙ H2691 Article | Noun - common singular shall be fifty חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים H2572 Number - common plural cubits אַמָּ֑ה H520 Noun - feminine singular wide וְרֹ֤חַב H7341 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct with ten עֲשָׂרָ֔ה H6235 Number - masculine singular posts עַמֻּדֵיהֶ֣ם H5982 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural and ten עֲשָׂרָֽה׃ H6235 Number - masculine singular bases וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם H134 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural

BSB notes

  • 50 cubits is approximately 75 feet or 22.9 meters; also in verse 13.
Verse 13

Original words

The east קֵ֥דְמָה H6924 Adverb | third person feminine singular side לִפְאַ֛ת H6285 Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct of the courtyard הֶֽחָצֵ֗ר H2691 Article | Noun - common singular toward the sunrise מִזְרָ֖חָה H4217 Noun - masculine singular | third person feminine singular [is to be] fifty חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים H2572 Number - common plural cubits אַמָּֽה׃ H520 Noun - feminine singular wide וְרֹ֣חַב H7341 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct
Verse 14

Original words

Make the curtains קְלָעִ֖ים H7050 Noun - masculine plural on one side לַכָּתֵ֑ף H3802 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular fifteen וַחֲמֵ֨שׁ H2568 Conjunctive waw | Number - feminine singular construct . . . עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה H6240 Number - feminine singular cubits long אַמָּ֛ה H520 Noun - feminine singular with three שְׁלֹשָׁ֔ה H7969 Number - masculine singular posts עַמֻּדֵיהֶ֣ם H5982 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural and three שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ H7969 Number - masculine singular bases וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם H134 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural

BSB notes

  • 15 cubits is approximately 22.5 feet or 6.9 meters; also in verse 15.
Verse 15

Original words

and the curtains קְלָעִ֑ים H7050 Noun - masculine plural on the other הַשֵּׁנִ֔ית H8145 Article | Number - ordinal feminine singular side וְלַכָּתֵף֙ H3802 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular fifteen cubits long חְמֵ֥שׁ H2568 Number - feminine singular construct . . . עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה H6240 Number - feminine singular with three שְׁלֹשָׁ֔ה H7969 Number - masculine singular posts עַמֻּדֵיהֶ֣ם H5982 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural and three שְׁלֹשָֽׁה׃ H7969 Number - masculine singular bases וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם H134 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Verse 16

Original words

The gate וּלְשַׁ֨עַר H8179 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct of the courtyard הֶֽחָצֵ֜ר H2691 Article | Noun - common singular shall be twenty עֶשְׂרִ֣ים H6242 Number - common plural cubits [long] אַמָּ֗ה H520 Noun - feminine singular with a curtain מָסָ֣ךְ׀ H4539 Noun - masculine singular embroidered רֹקֵ֑ם H7551 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular with blue תְּכֵ֨לֶת H8504 Noun - feminine singular purple וְאַרְגָּמָ֜ן H713 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular and scarlet yarn וְתוֹלַ֧עַת H8438 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct . . . שָׁנִ֛י H8144 Noun - masculine singular and finely spun מָשְׁזָ֖ר H7806 Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine singular . . . מַעֲשֵׂ֣ה H4639 Noun - masculine singular construct linen וְשֵׁ֥שׁ H8336 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular It shall have four אַרְבָּעָ֔ה H702 Number - masculine singular posts עַמֻּֽדֵיהֶם֙ H5982 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural and four אַרְבָּעָֽה׃ H702 Number - masculine singular bases וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם H134 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural

BSB notes

  • 20 cubits is approximately 30 feet or 9.1 meters.
Verse 17

Original words

All כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the posts עַמּוּדֵ֨י H5982 Noun - masculine plural construct around סָבִיב֙ H5439 Adverb the courtyard הֶֽחָצֵ֤ר H2691 Article | Noun - common singular shall have silver bands מְחֻשָּׁקִ֣ים H2836 Verb - Pual - Participle - masculine plural . . . כֶּ֔סֶף H3701 Noun - masculine singular silver כָּ֑סֶף H3701 Noun - masculine singular hooks וָוֵיהֶ֖ם H2053 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural and bronze נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ H5178 Noun - feminine singular bases וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם H134 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Verse 18

Original words

The entire בַּחֲמִשִּׁ֗ים H2572 Preposition-b, Article | Number - common plural courtyard הֶֽחָצֵר֩ H2691 Article | Noun - common singular [shall be] a hundred מֵאָ֨ה H3967 Number - feminine singular cubits בָֽאַמָּ֜ה H520 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular long אֹ֣רֶךְ H753 Noun - masculine singular construct and fifty [cubits] חֲמִשִּׁ֣ים H2572 Number - common plural wide וְרֹ֣חַב׀ H7341 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular [with curtains] of finely spun מָשְׁזָ֑ר H7806 Verb - Hofal - Participle - masculine singular linen שֵׁ֣שׁ H8336 Noun - masculine singular five חָמֵ֥שׁ H2568 Number - feminine singular cubits אַמּ֖וֹת H520 Noun - feminine plural high וְקֹמָ֛ה H6967 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular and with bronze נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ H5178 Noun - feminine singular bases וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖ם H134 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural

BSB notes

  • The courtyard was approximately 150 feet long and 75 feet wide (45.7 meters long and 22.9 meters wide).
  • 5 cubits is approximately 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters.
Verse 19

Original words

All לְכֹל֙ H3605 Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct the utensils כְּלֵ֣י H3627 Noun - masculine plural construct of the tabernacle הַמִּשְׁכָּ֔ן H4908 Article | Noun - masculine singular for every בְּכֹ֖ל H3605 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct use עֲבֹדָת֑וֹ H5656 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular including all וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct its tent pegs יְתֵדֹתָ֛יו H3489 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine singular and וְכָל־ H3605 Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct the tent pegs יִתְדֹ֥ת H3489 Noun - feminine plural construct of the courtyard הֶחָצֵ֖ר H2691 Article | Noun - common singular shall be made of bronze נְחֹֽשֶׁת׃ס H5178 Noun - feminine singular

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