Exodus 38:16
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
Exodus 38:16 in other translations
| BSB | All the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen. |
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| WEB | All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen. |
| ASV | All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. |
| YLT | all the hangings of the court round about are of twined linen, |
| DARBY | All the hangings of the court round about were of twined byssus; |
| BBE | All the hangings were of the best linen. |
| Webster | All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen. |
What does Exodus 38:16 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.
Exodus 38:16 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- 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.
- Exodus 38:17
And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
Exodus 38:16 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Todas las cortinas del atrio alrededor eran de lino torcido. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Toutes les tentures du parvis, à l’entour, étaient de fin coton retors; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Alle Umhänge des Vorhofs ringsum waren von gezwirntem Byssus; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Cuncta atrii tentoria byssus retorta texuerat. |