The courtyard entrance will be on the east end, flanked by two curtains. The curtain on the right side will be 22-1/2 feet long, supported by three posts set into three bases.
Parallel translations
- WEB The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
- KJV The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
- BSB Make the curtains on one side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases,
- NKJV The hangings on one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.
- NASB The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases.
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Quick answer
On one side of the gate were fifteen cubits of hangings on three pillars. This partly enclosed the eastern entrance.
Overview
The eastern wall was divided so that hangings flanked the central gateway, fifteen cubits on this side. The arrangement framed the single entrance into the court. The defined and limited way in reflects that approach to a holy God is not open on every side but through His appointed entrance.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 2
- Exod 26:36“You shall make a screen for the door of the Tent, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer.
- Exod 27:9“You shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side:
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