In the four corners of the court there were courts joined of forty cubits long and thirty broad: these four corners were of one measure.
Parallel translations
- WEB In the four corners of the court there were courts enclosed, forty cubits long and thirty wide: these four in the corners were of one measure.
- BSB In the four corners of the outer court there were enclosed courts, each forty cubits long and thirty cubits wide. Each of the four corner areas had the same dimensions.
- NKJV In the four corners of the court were enclosed courts, forty cubits long and thirty wide; all four corners were the same size.
- NASB In the four corners of the courtyard there were enclosed courtyards, forty cubits long and thirty wide; these four in the corners were the same size.
- NLT Each of these enclosures was 70 feet long and 52-1/2 feet wide, surrounded by walls.
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Quick answer
Each corner court is an enclosed space of uniform measurement, forty by thirty cubits. The careful, equal dimensions show God's ordered design for worship.
Overview
The four corner courts are precisely measured and identical, part of the vision's pervasive emphasis on symmetry and order. Such exactness conveys that nothing in God's house is haphazard. The harmony of the design pictures the well-ordered, unified worship that God establishes among His redeemed people in Christ.
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