Exodus 27:16 — Meaning and Application

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“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.”

Exodus 27:16

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

And on the other side {shall be} hangings fifteen {cubits}: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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.

All the pillars round about the court {shall be} filleted with silver; their hooks {shall be of} silver, and their sockets {of} brass.

The length of the court {shall be} an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits {of} fine twined linen, and their sockets {of} brass. {fifty...: Heb. fifty by fifty}

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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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