and the curtains on the other side fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases.
Parallel translations
- WEB For the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
- KJV And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
- NKJV And on the other side shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three sockets.
- NASB And for the other side there shall be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and their three bases.
- NLT The curtain on the left side will also be 22-1/2 feet long, supported by three posts set into three bases.
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Quick answer
The other side of the gate likewise had fifteen cubits of hangings on three pillars. This balanced the eastern entrance.
Overview
Matching the first, the second flank of fifteen cubits framed the other side of the gateway. The symmetry left a clearly marked entrance at the center of the eastern wall. The single, central way into God's courtyard again points to the one way of access to God provided in Christ.
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