King James Version
Exodus 38:16 in the King James Version says “All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 38 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.”
Exodus 38:16 · KJV
The hangings of the one side of the gate were fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
And for the other side of the court gate, on this hand and that hand, were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“All the hangings”
H7050a (door) screen (as if slung across), or the valve (of the door) itself
“of the court”
H2691a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
“round about”
H5439(as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
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