Exodus 27:12 — Meaning and Application

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“And {for} the breadth of the court on the west side {shall be} hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.”

Exodus 27:12

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And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets {shall be of} brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets {shall be of} silver.

And likewise for the north side in length {there shall be} hangings of an hundred {cubits} long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets {of} brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets {of} silver.

And {for} the breadth of the court on the west side {shall be} hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward {shall be} fifty cubits.

The hangings of one side {of the gate shall be} fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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Exodus 27:1

"And thou shalt make an altar {of} shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof {shall be} three cubits."

Exodus 27:2

"And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass."

Exodus 27:3

"And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make {of} brass."

Exodus 27:4

"And thou shalt make for it a grate of network {of} brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof."

Exodus 27:5

"And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar."

Exodus 27:6

"And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves {of} shittim wood, and overlay them with brass."

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