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Exodus 38:16

All the curtains around the court were of fine twisted linen.

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Tabernacle;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Silver;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Hangings;   Tabernacle;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen.
King James Version
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
Lexham English Bible
All the hangings of the courtyard all around were finely twisted linen,
New Century Version
All the curtains around the courtyard were made of fine linen.
New English Translation
All the hangings around the courtyard were of fine twisted linen.
New American Standard Bible
All the hangings of the courtyard all around were of fine twisted linen.
Geneva Bible (1587)
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen:
Legacy Standard Bible
All the hangings of the court all around were of fine twisted linen.
Complete Jewish Bible
All the tapestries for the courtyard, all the way around, were of finely woven linen;
Darby Translation
All the hangings of the court round about were of twined byssus;
Easy-to-Read Version
All the curtains around the courtyard were made from fine linen.
English Standard Version
All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen.
George Lamsa Translation
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
Good News Translation
All the curtains around the enclosure were made of fine linen.
Christian Standard Bible®
All the hangings around the courtyard were of finely spun linen.
Literal Translation
All the curtains of the court all around were twined bleached linen .
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So that all the hanginges of the courte were of whyte twyned sylke,
American Standard Version
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
Bible in Basic English
All the hangings were of the best linen.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
All the hangynges of the court rounde about, were of whyte twyned silke:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
King James Version (1611)
All the hangings of the court round about, were of fine twined linnen.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And as to their lamps, which are on the ends, knops proceeded from them; and sockets proceeding from them, that the lamps might be upon them; and the seventh socket, on the top of the candlestick, on the summit above, entirely of solid gold.
English Revised Version
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
Berean Standard Bible
All the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Bijs foldid ayen hilide alle the tentis of the greet street.
Young's Literal Translation
all the hangings of the court round about [are] of twined linen,
Update Bible Version
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
Webster's Bible Translation
All the hangings of the court round about [were] of fine twined linen.
World English Bible
All the hangings around the court were of fine twined linen.
New King James Version
All the hangings of the court all around were of fine woven linen.
New Living Translation
All the curtains used in the courtyard were made of finely woven linen.
New Life Bible
All the curtains around the open space were made of fine linen.
New Revised Standard
All the hangings around the court were of fine twisted linen.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
Douay-Rheims Bible
All the hangings of the court were woven with twisted linen.
Revised Standard Version
All the hangings round about the court were of fine twined linen.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
All the hangings of the court all around were of fine twisted linen.

Contextual Overview

9Then he made the court: for the south side the curtains of the court were of fine twisted linen, a hundred cubits; 10their twenty support poles, and their twenty bronze sockets; the hooks of the support poles and their connecting rings were silver. 11And for the north side [of the court the curtains were also] a hundred cubits; their twenty support poles and their twenty bronze sockets; the hooks of the support poles and their connecting rings were silver. 12For the west side [of the court] there were curtains of fifty cubits with their ten support poles and their ten sockets; the hooks of the support poles and their connecting rings were silver. 13For the east side [the front of the courtyard, there were curtains of] fifty cubits. 14The curtains for one side of the court gate were fifteen cubits, with their three support poles and their three sockets; 15and the same for the other side [of the court gate]. Left and right of the court gate there were curtains of fifteen cubits; with their three support poles and their three sockets. 16All the curtains around the court were of fine twisted linen.17The sockets for the support poles were made of bronze, the hooks of the support poles and their connecting rings were made of silver; and silver overlaid their tops. All the support poles of the court had silver connecting rings. 18The screen (curtain) for the gate of the courtyard [on the east side] was the work of an embroiderer, in blue, purple, and scarlet fabric, and fine twisted linen; it was twenty cubits long and five cubits high, corresponding to the curtains of the court.

Bible Verse Review
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Cross-References

Deuteronomy 23:18
"You shall not bring the wages of a prostitute or the price of a dog [that is, a male prostitute] into the house of the LORD your God as payment for any vow, for both of these [the gift and the giver] are utterly repulsive to the LORD your God.
2 Samuel 13:11
When she brought them to him to eat, he took hold of her and said, "Come, lie with me, my sister."
Ezekiel 16:33
"Men give gifts to all prostitutes, but you give your gifts to all your lovers, bribing the pagan nations to come to you [as allies] from every direction for your obscene immoralities.
Matthew 26:15
and said, "What are you willing to give me if I hand Jesus over to you?" And they weighed out thirty pieces of silver.
1 Timothy 6:10
For the love of money [that is, the greedy desire for it and the willingness to gain it unethically] is a root of all sorts of evil, and some by longing for it have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves [through and through] with many sorrows.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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