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Exodus 27:16 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" 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. "
Exodus 27:16
Verse in Context
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14 The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
15 For the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
16 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.
17 All the pillars of the court around shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of bronze.
18 The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of bronze.
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Exodus 27:1
"“You shall make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits wide. The altar shall be square. Its height shall be three cubits."
Exodus 27:2
"You shall make its horns on its four corners. Its horns shall be of one piece with it. You shall overlay it with bronze."
Exodus 27:3
"You shall make its pots to take away its ashes; and its shovels, its basins, its meat hooks, and its fire pans. You shall make all its vessels of bronze."
Exodus 27:4
"You shall make a grating for it of network of bronze. On the net you shall make four bronze rings in its four corners."
Exodus 27:5
"You shall put it under the ledge around the altar beneath, that the net may reach halfway up the altar."
Exodus 27:6
"You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with bronze."
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