Exodus 38 · Verse 15

Exodus 38:15

And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
Exodus 38:15, King James Version

Exodus 38:15 in other translations

BSBAnd the curtains on the other side were also fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases as well.
WEBand so for the other side: on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
ASVand so for the other side: on this hand and that hand by the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
YLTand at the second side at the gate of the court, on this and on that, are hangings, fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three;
DARBYand on the other wing, on this side as on that side of the gate of the court, hangings of fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their bases three.
BBEAnd the same on the other side of the doorway; on this side and on that the hangings were fifteen cubits long, on three pillars with their three bases.
WebsterAnd for the other side of the court-gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

What does Exodus 38:15 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 38:9-20

The walls of the court being of curtains only, intimated that the state of the Jewish church itself was movable and changeable; and in due time to be taken down and folded up, when the place of the tent should be enlarged, and its cords lengthened, to make room for the Gentile world.

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Exodus 38:15 in the original Hebrew

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וְלַכָּתֵ֣ףve.la.ka.Tefand for the sideH3802
הַשֵּׁנִ֗יתha.she.Nit<the> secondH8145
מִזֶּ֤הmi.Zehfrom thisH2088
וּמִזֶּה֙u.mi.Zehand from thisH2088
לְשַׁ֣עַרle.Sha.'arto [the] gate ofH8179
הֶֽחָצֵ֔רhe.cha.Tzerthe courtyardH2691
קְלָעִ֕יםke.la.'ImcurtainsH7050
חֲמֵ֥שׁcha.Mesh[were] fif-H2568
עֶשְׂרֵ֖ה'es.RehteenH6240
אַמָּ֑ה'a.Mahcubit[s]H520
עַמֻּדֵיהֶ֣ם'a.mu.dei.Hempillars theirH5982
שְׁלֹשָׁ֔הshe.lo.ShahthreeH7969
וְאַדְנֵיהֶ֖םve.'ad.nei.Hemand bases theirH134
שְׁלֹשָֽׁה\׃she.lo.ShahthreeH7969

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

Context

  • Exodus 38:14

    The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

  • Exodus 38:15

    And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.

  • Exodus 38:16

    All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

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Exodus 38:15 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Al otro lado, de la una parte y de la otra de la puerta del atrio, cortinas de á quince codos, sus tres columnas, y sus tres basas.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et sur l’autre côté, deçà et delà de la porte du parvis, 15 coudées de tentures, leurs trois piliers et leurs trois bases.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und auf der anderen Seite-diesseit und jenseit vom Tore des Vorhofs-fünfzehn Ellen Umhänge, ihre drei Säulen und ihre drei Füße.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et in parte altera (quia inter utraque introitum tabernaculi fecit) quindecim æque cubitorum erant tentoria, columnæque tres, et bases totidem.