King James Version
Exodus 27:14 in the King James Version says “The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 27 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.”
Exodus 27:14 · KJV
And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet , and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework : and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
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“cubits”
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)
“The hangings”
H7050a (door) screen (as if slung across), or the valve (of the door) itself
“of one side”
H3802the shoulder (proper, i.e., upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anythi
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