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Texts -- Exodus 38:9-20 (NET)

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The Construction of the Courtyard
38:9 He made the courtyard . For the south side the hangings of the courtyard were of fine twisted linen , one hundred fifty feet long, 38:10 with their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases , with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver . 38:11 For the north side the hangings were one hundred fifty feet , with their twenty posts and their twenty bronze bases , with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver . 38:12 For the west side there were hangings seventy-five feet long, with their ten posts and their ten bases , with the hooks of the posts and their bands of silver . 38:13 For the east side , toward the sunrise , it was seventy-five feet wide, 38:14 with hangings on one side of the gate that were twenty-two and a half feet long , with their three posts and their three bases , 38:15 and for the second side of the gate of the courtyard , just like the other , the hangings were twenty-two and a half feet long, with their three posts and their three bases . 38:16 All the hangings around the courtyard were of fine twisted linen . 38:17 The bases for the posts were bronze . The hooks of the posts and their bands were silver , their tops were overlaid with silver , and all the posts of the courtyard had silver bands . 38:18 The curtain for the gate of the courtyard was of blue , purple , and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen , the work of an embroiderer . It was thirty feet long , and like the hangings in the courtyard , it was seven and a half feet high , 38:19 with four posts and their four bronze bases . Their hooks and their bands were silver , and their tops were overlaid with silver . 38:20 All the tent pegs of the tabernacle and of the courtyard all around were bronze .

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  • Tabernacle

    [ebd] (1.) A house or dwelling-place (Job 5:24; 18:6, etc.). (2.) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24) containing the image of Moloch (Amos 5:26; marg. and R.V., "Siccuth"). (3.) The human body (2 Cor. 5:1, 4); a tent, as opposed ...
    [nave] TABERNACLE One existed before Moses received the pattern authorized on Mount Sinai, Ex. 33:7-11. The one instituted by Moses was called Sanctuary, Ex. 25:8; Tabernacle, Ex. 27:21; 33:7; 2 Chr. 5:5; of Testimony, Ex. 38:21; ...

  • TABERNACLE, A

    [isbe] TABERNACLE, A - tab'-er-na-k'l ('ohel mo`edh "tent of meeting," mishkan, "dwelling"; skene): A. STRUCTURE AND HISTORY I. INTRODUCTORY 1. Earlier "Tent of Meeting" 2. A Stage in Revelation 3. The Tabernacle Proper II. STRUCTU...

  • Israel

    [nave] ISRAEL 1. A name given to Jacob, Gen. 32:24-32; 2 Kin. 17:34; Hos. 12:3, 4. 2. A name of the Christ in prophecy, Isa. 49:3. 3. A name given to the descendants of Jacob, a nation. Called also Israelites, and Hebrews, Gen. 4...

  • HANGINGS

    [isbe] HANGINGS - hang'-ingz: (1) In English Versions of the Bible this word in the plural represents the Hebrew qela`im, the curtains of "fine twined linen" with which the court of the tabernacle was enclosed. These were five cubi...

  • Hooks

    [nave] HOOKS For tabernacle, made of gold, Ex. 26:32, 37; 36:36; silver, Ex. 27:10; 38:10-12, 17, 19. In the temple, seen in Ezekiel's vision, Ezek. 40:43. Used for catching fish, Ezek. 29:4. For pruning, Isa. 2:4; 18:5; Joel 3:...

  • Chapiter

    [ebd] the ornamental head or capital of a pillar. Three Hebrew words are so rendered. (1.) Cothereth (1 Kings 7:16; 2 Kings 25:17; 2 Chr. 4:12), meaning a "diadem" or "crown." (2.) Tzepheth (2 Chr. 3:15). (3.) Rosh (Ex. 36:38; 38:...

  • FILLET

    [isbe] FILLET - fil'-et (chuT, chashuq): (1) Chut, from a root not used, meaning probably "to sew," therefore a string or a measuring rod or cord, and so a line, tape, thread, fillet. Jer 52:21 translated "line" (the King James Ver...

  • NAIL

    [ebd] for fastening. (1.) Hebrew yathed, "piercing," a peg or nail of any material (Ezek. 15:3), more especially a tent-peg (Ex. 27:19; 35:18; 38:20), with one of which Jael (q.v.) pierced the temples of Sisera (Judg. 4:21, 22). T...
    [smith] Of finger. (a) A nail or claw of man or animal. (b) A point or style e.g. for writing; see (Jeremiah 17:1) (a) A nail, (Isaiah 11:7) a stake, (Isaiah 33:20) also a tent-peg. Tent-pegs were usually of wood and of large size; ...

  • Colors

    [nave] COLORS Symbolical uses of. Black A Symbol of Affliction and Calamity. Job 3:5; Job 10:20-22; Job 30:26; Psa. 107:10, 11; Psa. 143:3; Isa. 5:30; Isa. 8:22; Isa. 9:19; Isa. 24:11; Isa. 50:3; Joel 2:6, 10; Joel 3:14, 15; Amos...

  • Fillets

    [ebd] Heb. hashukum, plur., joinings (Ex. 27:17; 38:17, 28), the rods by which the tops of the columns around the tabernacle court were joined together, and from which the curtains were suspended (Ex. 27:10, 11; 36:38). In Jer. 52...

  • Colour

    [ebd] The subject of colours holds an important place in the Scriptures. White occurs as the translation of various Hebrew words. It is applied to milk (Gen. 49:12), manna (Ex. 16:31), snow (Isa. 1:18), horses (Zech. 1:8), raiment...

  • HANGING, HANGINGS

    [smith] The "hanging" was a curtain or ?covering? to close an entrance; one was placed before the door of the tabernacle. Exod 26:36,37; 39:38 The "hangings"; were used for covering, the walls of the court of the tabernacles just as...

  • EMBROIDERY

    [isbe] EMBROIDERY - em-broid'-er-i (riqrnah; the King James Version Needlework): Riqmah was applied to any kind of cloth which showed designs in variegated colors. The method of manufacture is unknown. The designs may have been wov...

  • PIN

    [isbe] PIN - (yathedh, from yathadh, "to drive in a peg"(?)): A cylindrical piece of wood or metal (e.g. brass, Ex 27:19) such as that used by weavers in beating up the woof in the loom (Jdg 16:14, where Delilah fastened Samson's h...

  • STONES, PRECIOUS

    [isbe] STONES, PRECIOUS - || 1. Ancient and Modern Names 2. Change of Signification of Names 3. Three Important Lists of Stones 4. Interpretation of Greek Names Used by John 5. Interpretation of Hebrew Names 6. Greek and Latin Equi...

  • ANSWERABLE

    [isbe] ANSWERABLE - an'-ser-a-bl: This word is found in the Old Testament only. Moses and Ezekiel alone use it (Ex 38:18; Ezek 40:18; 45:7; 48:13,18). It is used in the Old English sense of "corresponding to," "in harmony with." Bu...

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  • One of the significant changes in the emphasis that occurs at this point in Genesis is from cursing in the primeval record to blessing in the patriarchal narratives. The Abrahamic Covenant is most important in this respect. H...
  • Exodus embraces about 431 years of history, from the arrival of Jacob and his family in Egypt (ca. 1876 B.C.) to the erection of the tabernacle in the wilderness of Sinai (ca. 1445 B.C.). However 1:1-7 is a review of Jacob's ...
  • I. The liberation of Israel 1:1-15:21A. God's preparation of Israel and Moses chs. 1-41. The growth of Jacob's family 1:1-72. The Israelites' bondage in Egypt 1:8-223. Moses' birth and education 2:1-104. Moses' flight from Eg...
  • The ark of the covenant 37:1-9 (cf. 25:10-22)The table of showbread 37:10-16 (cf. 25:23-30)The lampstand 37:17-24 (cf. 25:31-40)The altar of incense 37:25-28 (cf. 30:1-10)The anointing oil and incense 37:29 (cf. 30:22-28)The ...
  • The Israelites erected the tabernacle on the first day of the first month, almost exactly one year after the Israelites left Egypt (vv. 2, 17). This was about nine months after Israel had arrived at Mt. Sinai (cf. 19:1).First...
  • This is the sixth and last message that Ezekiel received from the Lord the night before the refugees reached the exiles with the message that Jerusalem had fallen (cf. 33:21-22). It too deals with God's plans for Israel in th...
  • The Book of Ezekiel begins with a vision of God's glory (ch. 1), records the departure of God's glory (chs. 8-11), and ends with another vision of God's glory (chs. 40-48). This is the longest vision outside the Book of Revel...
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