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18 The length of the courtyard will be one hundred cubits and the width fifty cubits[a] and the height five cubits, of finely twisted linen, with their bronze bases. 19 Bronze will be for all the equipment of the tabernacle in all its service and all its pegs[b] and all the pegs[c] of the courtyard.

Instructions for Making Oil for the Lampstand

20 “And you will command the Israelites,[d] and they will bring to you pure, beaten olive oil for the light, to cause a lamp to burn continually.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 27:18 Or “fifty with fifty.” Some suggest that the word for cubits has been accidentally omitted and the number fifty repeated in the Hebrew text. Others suggest that repetition of the number is original and indicates that the two ends of the courtyard are the same size
  2. Exodus 27:19 Literally “hands”
  3. Exodus 27:19 Literally “hands”
  4. Exodus 27:20 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

18 The courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide,[a] with curtains of finely twisted linen five cubits[b] high, and with bronze bases. 19 All the other articles used in the service of the tabernacle, whatever their function, including all the tent pegs for it and those for the courtyard, are to be of bronze.

Oil for the Lampstand(A)

20 “Command the Israelites to bring you clear oil(B) of pressed olives for the light so that the lamps may be kept burning.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 27:18 That is, about 150 feet long and 75 feet wide or about 45 meters long and 23 meters wide
  2. Exodus 27:18 That is, about 7 1/2 feet or about 2.3 meters