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Exodus 27:9
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,
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The text records divine instruction regarding the construction of the tabernacle complex. God commands Moses to erect a designated courtyard boundary before detailing its structural components.
The words — חֲצַר הַמִּשְׁכָּן (cha.Tzar ha.mish.Kan) denotes the enclosed courtyard surrounding the dwelling place. תֵּימָנָה (tei.ma.na/h) specifies the southern orientation of the linen curtain assembly.
The thread — This architectural specification is recorded in Exodus 38:9. The same courtyard measurements and linen materials appear in the tabernacle inventory.
Why it lands — The verse prescribes precise measurements and specific materials for a sacred boundary. It requires exact obedience to measured construction rather than arbitrary design.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
Cross-references
- Exodus 38:9 Then he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,
- Exodus 26:31 Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
- Exodus 36:17 He made fifty loops along the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and fifty loops along the edge of the corresponding curtain in the second set.
- Exodus 39:40 the curtains of the courtyard with its posts and bases; the curtain for the gate of the courtyard, its ropes and tent pegs, and all the equipment for the service of the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting;
- Exodus 40:8 Set up the surrounding courtyard and hang the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard.
- 1 Kings 6:36 Solomon built the inner courtyard with three rows of dressed stone and one row of trimmed cedar beams.
- 1 Kings 8:64 On that same day the king consecrated the middle of the courtyard in front of the house of the LORD, and there he offered the burnt offerings, the grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, since the bronze altar before the LORD was too small to contain all these offerings.
- 2 Chronicles 33:5 In both courtyards of the house of the LORD, he built altars to all the host of heaven.
- Psalms 84:10 For better is one day in Your courts than a thousand elsewhere. I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than dwell in the tents of the wicked.
- Psalms 92:13 Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God.