Exodus 38:12

The west side was fifty cubits long and had curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. The hooks and bands of the posts were silver.

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses records the dimensions and materials for the western boundary of the tabernacle courtyard during the wilderness construction account.

The words — The Hebrew יָם (Yam) literally means "west" or "sea," designating the directional boundary. קְלָעִים (ke.la.'im) specifies the linen curtains that formed the enclosure.

The thread — This fifty-cubit span matches the east side's measurement in Exodus 38:13 and contrasts with the north side's hundred-cubit length in Exodus 38:11.

Why it lands — The text requires exact attention to the courtyard's symmetrical layout and the specific allocation of silver hooks and bands for the western posts.

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The Hebrew words

וְלִפְאַת־ve./li/f.'at-and/ for/ [the] side of יָ֗םYam[the] west קְלָעִים֙ke.la.'Imcurtains חֲמִשִּׁ֣יםcha.mi.Shimfifty בָּֽאַמָּ֔הba./'a.Mahby the/ cubit עַמּוּדֵיהֶ֥ם'a.mu.dei./Hempillars/ their עֲשָׂרָ֔ה'a.sa.Rahten וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖םve./'ad.nei./Hemand/ bases/ their עֲשָׂרָ֑ה'a.sa.Rahten וָוֵ֧יva.Vei[the] hooks of הָעַמֻּדִ֛יםha./'a.mu.Dimthe/ pillars וַחֲשׁוּקֵיהֶ֖םva./cha.shu.kei./Hemand/ bands/ their כָּֽסֶף׃Ka.sef[were] silver

King James Version

And for the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.