Exodus 38 · Verse 9

Exodus 38:9

And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
Exodus 38:9, King James Version

Exodus 38:9 in other translations

BSBThen he constructed the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was a hundred cubits long and had curtains of finely spun linen,
WEBHe made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;
ASVAnd he made the court: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits;
YLTAnd he maketh the court; at the south side southward, the hangings of the court of twined linen, a hundred by the cubit,
DARBYAnd he made the court. On the south side southward, the hangings of the court were of twined byssus, a hundred cubits;
BBETo make the open space, he put hangings on the south side, of the best linen, a hundred cubits long:
WebsterAnd he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, a hundred cubits:

What does Exodus 38:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. the court--It occupied a space of one hundred and fifty feet by seventy-five, and it was enclosed by curtains of fine linen about eight feet high, suspended on brazen or copper pillars. Those curtains were secured by rods fastened to the top, and kept extended by being fastened to pins stuck in the ground.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 The court - See Clarke on Exo 27:9.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Exodus 38:9 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.

וַיַּ֖עַשׂvai.Ya.'asand he madeH6213
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הֶחָצֵ֑רhe.cha.Tzerthe courtyardH2691
לִפְאַ֣ת\׀lif.'Atfor [the] side ofH6285
נֶ֣גֶבNe.gev[the] southH5045
תֵּימָ֗נָהtei.Ma.nahsouth -wardH8486
קַלְעֵ֤יkal.'Ei[the] curtains ofH7050
הֶֽחָצֵר֙he.cha.Tzerthe courtyardH2691
שֵׁ֣שׁshesh[were] fine linenH8336
מָשְׁזָ֔רma.she.ZartwistedH7806
מֵאָ֖הme.'Ahone hundredH3967
בָּאַמָּֽה\׃ba.'a.Mahby the cubitH520

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

Cross references for Exodus 38:9

  • Exodus 27:9-19

    And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver. And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. …

  • Psalms 89:7

    God is greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints, and to be had in reverence of all them that are about him.

  • Exodus 40:33

    And he reared up the court round about the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the hanging of the court gate. So Moses finished the work.

  • Exodus 40:8

    And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.

  • Psalms 84:10

    For a day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.

  • 1 Kings 6:36

    And he built the inner court with three rows of hewed stone, and a row of cedar beams.

  • Psalms 100:4

    Enter into his gates with thanksgiving, and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

  • Psalms 84:2

    My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord: my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

  • Psalms 92:13

    Those that be planted in the house of the Lord shall flourish in the courts of our God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the court.
27:9-19; 40:8,33; 1Ki 6:36; Ps 84:2,10; 89:7; 92:13; 100:4

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Exodus 38:8

    And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • Exodus 38:9

    And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:

  • Exodus 38:10

    Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

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Exodus 38:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hizo asimismo el atrio; á la parte austral del mediodía las cortinas del atrio eran de cien codos, de lino torcido:
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et il fit le parvis: pour le côté du midi vers le sud, les tentures du parvis de fin coton retors, de 100 coudées,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und er machte den Vorhof: an der Mittagseite, südwärts, die Umhänge des Vorhofs von gezwirntem Byssus, hundert Ellen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Fecit et atrium, in cujus australi plaga erant tentoria de bysso retorta, cubitorum centum,