Exodus 27 · Verse 18

Exodus 27:18

The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
Exodus 27:18, King James Version

Exodus 27:18 in other translations

BSBThe entire courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely spun linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases.
WEBThe length of the court shall be one hundred cubits, and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of bronze.
ASVThe length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
YLT‘The length of the court is a hundred by the cubit, and the breadth fifty by fifty, and the height five cubits, of twined linen, and their sockets are brass,
DARBYThe length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty everywhere, and the height five cubits of twined byssus; and their bases of copper.
BBEThe open space is to be a hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide, with sides five cubits high, curtained with the best linen, with bases of brass.
WebsterThe length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the hight five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

What does Exodus 27:18 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 27:18 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.

אֹ֣רֶךְ'O.rekh[the] length ofH753
הֶֽחָצֵר֩he.cha.Tzerthe courtyardH2691
מֵאָ֨הme.'Ah[will be] one hundredH3967
בָֽאַמָּ֜הva.'a.Mahby the cubitH520
וְרֹ֣חַב\׀ve.Ro.chavand [the] breadthH7341
חֲמִשִּׁ֣יםcha.mi.Shim[will be] fiftyH2572
בַּחֲמִשִּׁ֗יםba.cha.mi.Shimon fiftyH2572
וְקֹמָ֛הve.ko.Mahand [the] heightH6967
חָמֵ֥שׁcha.Mesh[will be] fiveH2568
אַמּ֖וֹת'a.MotcubitsH520
שֵׁ֣שׁsheshfine linenH8336
מָשְׁזָ֑רma.she.ZartwistedH7806
וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖םve.'ad.nei.Hemand bases theirH134
נְחֹֽשֶׁת\׃ne.Cho.shet[will be] bronzeH5178

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

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
length of the court.
9-12
fifty every where. Heb. fifty by fifty.

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Context

  • Exodus 27:17

    All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

  • Exodus 27:18

    The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

  • Exodus 27:19

    All the vessels of the tabernacle in all the service thereof, and all the pins thereof, and all the pins of the court, shall be of brass.

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Exodus 27:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
La longitud del atrio será de cien codos, y la anchura cincuenta por un lado y cincuenta por el otro, y la altura de cinco codos: sus cortinas de lino torcido, y sus basas de metal.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
La longueur du parvis sera de 100 coudées, et la largeur de 50 tout le long, et la hauteur de cinq coudées, en fin coton retors; et les bases des piliers seront d’airain.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Die Länge des Vorhofs hundert Ellen, und die Breite fünfzig gegen fünfzig, und die Höhe fünf Ellen, von gezwirntem Byssus; und ihre Füße von Erz.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
In longitudine occupabit atrium cubitos centum, in latitudine quinquaginta, altitudo quinque cubitorum erit: fietque de bysso retorta, et habebit bases æneas.