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Exodus 27:9

27:8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was shewed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. it was: Heb. he shewed
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:

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“You shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side:

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 you shall 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:

27:10 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.

What does Exodus 27:9 mean?

Exodus 27:9 is a verse in the book of Exodus, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include עָשָׂה (ʻâsâh), חָצֵר (châtsêr), מִשְׁכָּן (mishkân). It connects to 18 cross-referenced passages elsewhere in Scripture.

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And
thou
shalt
makeעָשָׂהʻâsâh/aw-saw'/H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
the
courtחָצֵרchâtsêr/khaw-tsare'/H2691a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
of
the
tabernacle:מִשְׁכָּןmishkân/mish-kawn'/H4908a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the grave; also the Temple); specifically, the Tabernacle (properly, its wooden walls)
for
the
southנֶגֶבnegeb/neh'-gheb/H5045the south (from its drought); specifically, the Negeb or southern district of Judah, occasionally, Egypt (as south to Palestine)
sideפֵּאָהpêʼâh/pay-aw'/H6285properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity
southwardתֵּימָןtêymân/tay-mawn'/H8486the south (as being on the right hand of a person facing the east)
there
shall
be
hangingsקֶלַעqelaʻ/keh'-lah/H7050a sling; also a (door) screen (as if slung across), or the valve (of the door) itself
for
the
courtחָצֵרchâtsêr/khaw-tsare'/H2691a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
of
fine
twinedשָׁזַרshâzar/shaw-zar'/H7806to twist (a thread of straw)
linenשֵׁשׁshêsh/shaysh/H8336bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble
of
an
hundredמֵאָהmêʼâh/may-aw'/H3967a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
cubitsאַמָּהʼammâh/am-maw'/H520properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
longאֹרֶךְʼôrek/o'rek'/H753length
for
oneאֶחָדʼechâd/ekh-awd'/H259properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
side:פֵּאָהpêʼâh/pay-aw'/H6285properly, mouth in a figurative sense, i.e. direction, region, extremity

Commentary on Exodus 27:9

HENRY_FULL · Exodus 27:3–10
hi> 1491.) 1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. 2 And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass. 3 And thou shalt make his pans to receive his ashes, and his shovels, and his basons, and his fleshhooks, and his firepans: all the vessels thereof thou shalt make of brass. 4 And thou shalt make for it a grate of network of brass; and upon the net shalt thou make four brasen rings in the four corners thereof. 5 And thou shalt put it under the compass of the altar beneath, that the net may be even to the midst of the altar. 6 And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass. 7 And the staves shall be put into the rings, and the staves shall be upon the two sides of the altar, to bear it. 8 Hollow with boards shalt thou make it: as it was showed thee in the mount, so shall they make it. As God intended in the tabernacle to manifest his presence among his people, so there they were to pay their devotions to him, not in the tabernacle itself (into that only the priests entered as God's domestic servants), but in the court before the tabernacle, where, as common subjects, they attended. There an altar was ordered to be set up, to which they must bring their sacrifices, and on which their priests must offer them to God: and this altar was to sanctify their gifts. Here they were to present their services to God, as from the mercy-seat he gave his oracles to them; and thus a communion was settled between God and Israel. Moses is here directed about, 1. The dimensions of it; it was square, v. 1 . 2. The horns of it ( v. 2 ), which were for ornament and for use; the sacrifices were bound with cords to the horns of the altar, and to them malefactors fled for refuge. 3. The materials; it was of wood overlaid with brass, v. 1, 2 . 4. The appurtenances of it ( v. 3 ), which were all of brass. 5. The grate, which was let into the hollow of the altar, about the middle of it, in which the fire was kept, and the sacrifice burnt; it was made of network like a sieve, and hung hollow, that the fire might burn the better, and that the ashes might fall through into the hollow of the altar, v. 4, 5 . 6. The staves with which it must be carried, v. 6, 7 . And, lastly, he is referred to the pattern shown him, v. 8 . Now this brazen altar was a type of Christ dying to make atonement for our sins: the wood would have been consumed by the fire from heaven if it had not been secured by the brass; nor could the human nature of Christ have borne the wrath of God if it had not been supported by a divine power. Christ sanctified himself for his church, as their altar ( John xvii. 19 ), and by his mediation sanctifies the daily services of his people, who have also a right to eat of this altar ( Heb. xiii. 10 ), for they serve at it as spiritual priests. To the horns of this altar poor sinners fly for refuge when justice pursues them, and they are safe in virtue of the sacrifice there offered. 9 And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side

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Related passages from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

Exodus 26:31

And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:

Exodus 36:17

And he made fifty loops upon the uttermost edge of the curtain in the coupling, and fifty loops made he upon the edge of the curtain which coupleth the second.

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 39:40

The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,

Exodus 40:8

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

1 Kings 6:36

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

1 Kings 8:64

The same day did the king hallow the middle of the court that was before the house of the LORD: for there he offered burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings: because the brasen altar that was before the LORD was too little to receive the burnt offerings, and meat offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.

2 Chronicles 33:5

And he built altars for all the host of heaven in the two courts of the house of the LORD.

Ezekiel 40:14

He made also posts of threescore cubits, even unto the post of the court round about the gate.

Ezekiel 40:20

And the gate of the outward court that looked toward the north, he measured the length thereof, and the breadth thereof. that looked: Heb. whose face was

Ezekiel 40:23

And the gate of the inner court was over against the gate toward the north, and toward the east; and he measured from gate to gate an hundred cubits.

Ezekiel 40:28

And he brought me to the inner court by the south gate: and he measured the south gate according to these measures;

Ezekiel 40:32

And he brought me into the inner court toward the east: and he measured the gate according to these measures.

Ezekiel 40:44

And without the inner gate were the chambers of the singers in the inner court, which was at the side of the north gate; and their prospect was toward the south: one at the side of the east gate having the prospect toward the north.

Ezekiel 42:3

Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.

Ezekiel 42:19

He turned about to the west side, and measured five hundred reeds with the measuring reed.

Ezekiel 42:20

He measured it by the four sides: it had a wall round about, five hundred reeds long, and five hundred broad, to make a separation between the sanctuary and the profane place.

Ezekiel 46:20

Then said he unto me, This is the place where the priests shall boil the trespass offering and the sin offering, where they shall bake the meat offering; that they bear them not out into the utter court, to sanctify the people.

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Other verses that share key original-language words with Exodus 27:9.

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 26:18

And thou shalt make the boards for the tabernacle, twenty boards on the south side southward.

Exodus 36:23

And he made boards for the tabernacle; twenty boards for the south side southward:

Exodus 27:12

And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.

Exodus 38:16

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

Exodus 38:18

And the hanging for the gate of the court was needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

Exodus 39:40

The hangings of the court, his pillars, and his sockets, and the hanging for the court gate, his cords, and his pins, and all the vessels of the service of the tabernacle, for the tent of the congregation,

Exodus 26:1

Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them. of cunning: Heb. the work of a cunning workman, or, embroiderer

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What does Exodus 27:9 say?

Exodus 27:9 (King James Version) reads: "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:"

Is Exodus 27:9 in the Old or New Testament?

Exodus 27:9 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Exodus.

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