Exodus 27 · Verse 13

Exodus 27:13

And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
Exodus 27:13, King James Version

Exodus 27:13 in other translations

BSBThe east side of the courtyard, toward the sunrise, is to be fifty cubits wide.
WEBThe width of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
ASVAnd the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
YLTAnd for the breadth of the court at the east side, eastward, are fifty cubits.
DARBY— And the breadth of the court on the east side, eastward, fifty cubits;
BBEAnd on the east side the space is to be fifty cubits wide.
WebsterAnd the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.

What does Exodus 27:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Exodus 27:9-19

9-19. the court of the tabernacle--The enclosure in which the edifice stood was a rectangular court, extending rather more than fifty yards in length and half that space in breadth, and the enclosing parapet was about three yards or half the height of the tabernacle. That parapet consisted of a connected series of curtains, made of fine twined linen yarn, woven into a kind of network, so that the people could see…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 27:9-19

The tabernacle was enclosed in a court, about sixty yards long and thirty broad, formed by curtains hung upon brazen pillars, fixed in brazen sockets. Within this enclosure the priests and Levites offered the sacrifices, and thither the Jewish people were admitted. These distinctions represented the difference between the visible nominal church, and the true spiritual church, which alone has access to God, and…

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Exodus 27:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְרֹ֣חַבve.Ro.chavand [the] breadth ofH7341
הֶֽחָצֵ֗רhe.cha.Tzerthe courtyardH2691
לִפְאַ֛תlif.'Atto [the] side ofH6285
קֵ֥דְמָהKe.de.maheast -wardH6924
מִזְרָ֖חָהmiz.Ra.chaheast -wardH4217
חֲמִשִּׁ֥יםcha.mi.Shim[will be] fiftyH2572
אַמָּֽה\׃'a.Mahcubit[s]H520

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Context

  • Exodus 27:12

    And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

  • Exodus 27:13

    And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.

  • Exodus 27:14

    The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

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Exodus 27:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y en el ancho del atrio por la parte de levante, al oriente, habrá cincuenta codos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et la largeur du parvis du côté de l’orient, vers le levant, sera de 50 coudées:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und die Breite des Vorhofs an der Ostseite, gegen Aufgang, fünfzig Ellen:
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
In ea quoque atrii latitudine, quæ respicit ad orientem, quinquaginta cubiti erunt.