For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
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For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
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And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
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And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the weaver in colours: their pillars four, and their sockets four.
Cross-references (7)
Passages linked to Exodus 27:16 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 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.
- Exodus 26:31 “You shall make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, with cherubim. It shall be the work of a skillful workman.
- Exodus 28:39 You shall weave the tunic with fine linen. You shall make a turban of fine linen. You shall make a sash, the work of the embroiderer.
- Exodus 36:37 He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;
- Exodus 39:29 the sash of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, the work of the embroiderer, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Judges 5:30 ‘Have they not found, have they not divided the plunder? A lady, two ladies to every man; to Sisera a plunder of dyed garments, a plunder of dyed garments embroidered, of dyed garments embroidered on both sides, on the necks of the plunder?’
- Psalms 45:14 She shall be led to the king in embroidered work. The virgins, her companions who follow her, shall be brought to you.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And for the gate of the court shall be…
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits,.... Which, with the fifteen on each side, make the fifty cubits, the breadth of the court eastward, Exo 27:13, this hanging was better than the rest, much finer and richer:
for it was of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle work: and was of the same as the hangings for the door of the holy place, Exo 26:36 this was a figure of Christ, and of the graces of the Spirit in him, and of his bloodshed, sufferings, and death; who is the door into the church, and to the ordinances of it, and leads on to the holy place, and even to the holy of holies, see Joh 10:9.
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their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four: so that the pillars of this court at both sides and each end were sixty, twenty on each side, south and north, and ten at each end, west and east.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 16. And for the gate of the court]…
Verse 16. And for the gate of the court] It appears that the hangings of this gate were of the same materials and workmanship with that of the inner covering of the tabernacle, and the outer and inner veil. See Ex 26:36.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. The screen for the gate of the court.…
16. The screen for the gate of the court. This was of the same richly coloured materials, the ‘work of the embroiderer,’ as the screen at the entrance to the Dwelling (Exo_26:36).
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) For the gate of the court—i.e., the entrance.
(16) For the gate of the court—i.e., the entrance.
An hanging.—The word is the same as that similarly translated in Exo_26:36 and Exo_26:37 of Exodus 26; and the description of the “hanging” is also, word for word, the same. It would contrast strongly with the plain white “sail-cloth” round the rest of the enclosure, and would clearly point out to all the place of entrance.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain For the gate. The word used is the common…
For the gate. The word used is the common one for "gate;" but here it rather signifies "entrance." Strictly speaking, there was no "gate;" the worshippers entered by drawing aside the curtain. This was a hanging of similar material, colours, and workmanship to that which hung in front of the tabernacle. (Exo_26:36) By its contrast with the white linen screen which surrounded the rest of the court, it would show very clearly where men were to enter.
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C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain In the hangings of the court (Exo 27:9), representing…
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In the hangings of the court (Exo 27:9), representing that practical righteousness which God demands in the law, and which, therefore, bars out all men; Rom 3:19; Rom 3:20; Rom 10:3-5. No colours are inwrought. But the "gate" is Christ Joh 10:9 and so the colours reappear as in the veil Exo 26:31.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 27:16 The curtain shielding the entry to the courtyard…
27:16 The curtain shielding the entry to the courtyard was similar in color and workmanship to the entry curtain and the dividing curtain of the Tabernacle (26:31, 36).
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