King James Version
Exodus 40:8 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.”
Exodus 40:8 · KJV
And thou shalt set the altar of the burnt offering before the door of the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
And thou shalt set the laver between the tent of the congregation and the altar, and shalt put water therein.
And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
And thou shalt take the anointing oil, and anoint the tabernacle, and all that is therein, and shalt hallow it, and all the vessels thereof: and it shall be holy.
And thou shalt anoint the altar of the burnt offering, and all his vessels, and sanctify the altar: and it shall be an altar most holy. most holy: Heb. holiness of holinesses
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And thou shalt set up”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“at 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
“and hang up”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“at the court”
H2691a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
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