Making the Court
Exodus 38:9-20
Exo.38.9 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ויעש: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
- את: PRT,acc
- החצר: NOUN,f,sg,def
- לפאת: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- נגב: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- תימנה: ADV
- קלעי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
- החצר: NOUN,f,sg,def
- שש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משזר: VERB,piel,ptcp,ms,sg
- מאה: NUM,f,sg,abs
- באמה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
Parallels
- Exodus 27:9-10 (verbal): Earlier legal instructions for the tabernacle court hangings and their arrangement on the south side — same elements and terminology as the construction report in Exod 38:9.
- Exodus 27:18 (verbal): Gives the court's overall dimensions (length 100 cubits, breadth 50, height 5), the same measurements echoed in the building account of Exod 38:9.
- Exodus 36:37-38 (structural): Parallel construction narrative recounting the making of the court (Bezalel's work); repeats the measurements and description found in Exod 38:9, showing narrative duplication.
- Exodus 38:10-11 (thematic): Immediate parallel within the same chapter describing the other sides of the court (north and west) using the same formulaic language for hangings, pillars, and sockets.
Alternative generated candidates
- And he made the court: on the south side—southward—the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, a hundred cubits.
- And he made the court: for the south side, southward, the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, a hundred cubits.
Exo.38.10 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- עמודיהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3mp
- עשרים: NUM,card,pl
- ואדניהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3mp
- עשרים: NUM,card,pl
- נחשת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ווי: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- העמדים: NOUN,m,pl,def
- וחשקיהם: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs+3mp
- כסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Exodus 36:38 (verbal): A near-verbatim repetition in the construction account: speaks of twenty sockets/bases of brass and hooks and bands of silver for the pillars, matching 38:10's formulation.
- Exodus 27:11 (structural): Earlier instruction for the court's pillars: 'the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass'—the prescribed materials and elements echoed in 38:10.
- Exodus 26:19 (structural): Detailed specifications for the tabernacle's boards and their sockets (number and metal), showing the same architectural concern with sockets/bases and supports as in 38:10.
- 1 Kings 7:15-22 (thematic): Description of the bronze pillars, bases and metalwork in Solomon's temple (Jachin and Boaz) — thematically parallel in depicting pillar supports and large-scale bronze/metal craftsmanship.
Alternative generated candidates
- Their pillars were twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver.
- Their pillars were twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver.
Exo.38.11 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ולפאת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- צפון: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- מאה: NUM,f,sg,abs
- באמה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- עמודיהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- עשרים: NUM,card,pl
- ואדניהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3mp
- עשרים: NUM,card,pl
- נחשת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ווי: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- העמודים: NOUN,m,pl,def
- וחשקיהם: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs+3mp
- כסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Exod.27.9-19 (structural): Instruction for the enclosing court: same dimensions and arrangement of pillars/sockets for the sides of the court (the plan repeated in Exodus 38).
- Exod.26.31-37 (verbal): Description of the tabernacle hangings, loops and supporting pillars and their sockets—uses similar language about pillars, hooks/loops, and bases (sockets).
- Exod.38.10 (structural): Immediate parallel within the same chapter describing the opposite side of the court (the south side): likewise gives cubit length, number of pillars and bronze sockets as part of the completed work.},{
Alternative generated candidates
- And for the north side, a hundred cubits; their pillars were twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver.
- And for the north side, a hundred cubits; their pillars were twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver.
Exo.38.12 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ולפאת: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ים: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- קלעים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- חמשים: NUM,card,pl
- באמה: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- עמודיהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs+PRON,3,m,pl
- עשרה: NUM,card,m,pl
- ואדניהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3mp
- עשרה: NUM,card,m,pl
- ווי: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- העמדים: NOUN,m,pl,def
- וחשוקיהם: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs+PRON,3,m,pl
- כסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Exodus 26:5 (verbal): Both verses specify 'fifty loops' on the edge of a hanging—Exodus 26:5 gives the same number of loops used to join the tabernacle curtains.
- Exodus 26:32–33 (verbal): Like Exod. 38:12's mention of hooks and fittings, these verses describe the veil and state that the hooks/taches of the veil are of gold—parallel language about hooks and their material/placement.
- Exodus 27:11 (verbal): This verse gives the same kind of inventory for the court hangings—number of pillars and sockets and the hooks/fillets of the pillars being of silver, closely matching the elements named in Exod. 38:12.
- 1 Kings 7:15–22 (thematic): Describes large architectural pillars, bases and metal fittings in Solomon’s temple—a later development of the same Israelite cultic/architectural vocabulary (pillars, bases, metallic ornamentation) found in Exod. 38:12.
Alternative generated candidates
- And for the west side, hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars were ten and their bases ten; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver.
- And for the west side, hangings fifty cubits; their pillars ten and their bases ten; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver.
Exo.38.13 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ולפאת: CONJ+PREP,NOUN,f,sg,cons
- קדמה: ADV
- מזרחה: ADV
- חמשים: NUM,card,pl
- אמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
Parallels
- Exodus 27:13-19 (verbal): The earlier instructions for the tabernacle court give the same set of measurements (each side fifty cubits); Exodus 38:13 repeats these prescribed dimensions for the east side.
- Exodus 38:11-12 (structural): Immediate parallel in the same chapter describing the other sides of the courtyard as fifty cubits (south and west), showing the consistent layout in the chapter's account.
- 1 Kings 6:2 (thematic): Solomon's temple is given in cubits (length/width/height) — a thematic parallel in the use of cubit measurements to prescribe sacred architecture and precise dimensions.
- Ezekiel 40:5-7 (thematic): Ezekiel's visionary temple includes detailed cubit measurements and orientation (including eastward gates); parallels Exodus' concern for exact dimensions and eastward orientation of the sacred precinct.
Alternative generated candidates
- And for the east side, eastward, fifty cubits.
- And for the east side, eastward, fifty cubits.
Exo.38.14 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- קלעים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- חמש: NUM,card,f,sg
- עשרה: NUM,card,m,pl
- אמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- אל: NEG
- הכתף: NOUN,f,sg,def
- עמודיהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3mp
- שלשה: NUM,m
- ואדניהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3mp
- שלשה: NUM,m
Parallels
- Exodus 26:1-6 (verbal): Uses the same technical vocabulary and construction pattern for holy curtains (length, breadth, and coupling of curtains); establishes the model for making linen hangings later repeated for the court.
- Exodus 27:9-11 (structural): Gives the original instructions for the court hangings (measurements, pillars, sockets) that Exodus 38 repeats; parallel in subject matter and specification of hangings around the court.
- Exodus 36:8-12 (quotation): Narrative recounting of the craftsmen making the tabernacle curtains; repeats the measurements and the coupling of curtains (five to five), mirroring the technical wording found in Exodus 38.
- Exodus 38:9-12 (structural): Immediate context in the chapter that continues the specification of the court hangings and their fittings; the nearby verses form a parallel cluster elaborating the same measurements and number of pillars/sockets.
Alternative generated candidates
- The hangings on the one side were fifteen cubits; their pillars three and their bases three.
- Hangings, fifteen cubits, for the one flank; their pillars three and their bases three.
Exo.38.15 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ולכתף: CONJ+PREP,NOUN,f,sg,abs
- השנית: ADJ,ord,f,sg,def
- מזה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ומזה: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- לשער: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- החצר: NOUN,f,sg,def
- קלעים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- חמש: NUM,card,f,sg
- עשרה: NUM,card,m,pl
- אמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- עמדיהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs+PRON,3,m,pl
- שלשה: NUM,m
- ואדניהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3mp
- שלשה: NUM,m
Parallels
- Exodus 38:13 (verbal): Immediate parallel in the same chapter giving the overall court dimensions and listing pillars and sockets; 38:15 continues the same architectural report.
- Exodus 27:16 (verbal): Earlier instruction for the court's dimensions and gate construction in the tabernacle plans—Exodus 38 repeats and implements these specifications.
- Exodus 26:36-37 (verbal): Description of the tent's door and its loops/sockets and the setting of pillars—parallels the language and elements (pillars, sockets, door/gate) used in 38:15.
- Ezekiel 40:6-8 (structural): Ezekiel's temple visions give precise measurements for gates, pillars and sockets; thematically parallels the focus on measured architectural details and gate construction.
- 1 Kings 6:3-5 (thematic): Solomon's temple description records precise dimensions and architectural features (length, breadth, height, inner arrangements), paralleling the concern for measured layout and pillar/socket details found in Exodus 38:15.
Alternative generated candidates
- And for the other side, on either side of the gate of the court, hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three and their bases three.
- And for the second flank, on either side of the gate of the court, hangings fifteen cubits; their pillars three and their bases three.
Exo.38.16 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- כל: DET
- קלעי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
- החצר: NOUN,f,sg,def
- סביב: ADV
- שש: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- משזר: VERB,piel,ptcp,ms,sg
Parallels
- Exod 27:9-19 (verbal): The instructions for the court (dimensions, hangings, pillars and sockets) — the design language and numbers for the courtyard are given here and parallel the account in Exodus 38.
- Exod 26:19-30 (verbal): Discussion of the sockets (k'lei) under the tabernacle boards; uses the same technical term and construction vocabulary (sockets/pillars) as in Exod 38:16.
- Exod 38:9-20 (structural): The immediate narrative context that records the actual making of the court items described earlier — verse 16 forms part of this repetitive construction report.
- Ezek 40:5; 42:1-14 (thematic): Ezekiel's temple-vision gives measured descriptions of courts, gates and supporting structures — a later temple parallel in theme and architectural detail to the tabernacle court sockets/pillars.
Alternative generated candidates
- All the hangings of the court all around were of fine twisted linen.
- All the hangings of the court all around were of fine twisted linen.
Exo.38.17 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- והאדנים: NOUN,m,pl,def
- לעמדים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- נחשת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ווי: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- העמודים: NOUN,m,pl,def
- וחשוקיהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- כסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- וצפוי: ADJ,m,sg,abs
- ראשיהם: NOUN,m,pl,poss,3,m,pl
- כסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- והם: CONJ+PRON,3,m,pl
- מחשקים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- כסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- כל: DET
- עמדי: PREP+1cs
- החצר: NOUN,f,sg,def
Parallels
- Exod.36:38 (verbal): Nearly identical wording in the construction account: repeats that the bases (adanim) were of bronze and that the hooks/fillets and capitals of the court pillars were of silver.
- Exod.27:19 (thematic): Earlier instruction about metal fittings for the tabernacle/court (pegs/sockets of bronze)—same emphasis on bronze/copper for foundational elements of the court.
- 1 Kgs.7:15-22 (structural): Description of Solomon’s temple pillars (bases, capitals, fillets, metal workmanship) echoes the tabernacle/court terminology and architectural elements used here.
- 1 Chr.28:18 (allusion): David’s plan/specifications for the temple include bases and pillars language that parallels the tabernacle/court prescriptions, reflecting continuity in ritual architecture.
Alternative generated candidates
- And the bases for the pillars were bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver, and the overlay of their tops was silver; and they were banded with silver—all the pillars of the court.
- And the bases for the pillars were bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver; and the overlaying of their tops was silver; and all the pillars of the court were banded with silver.
Exo.38.18 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ומסך: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- שער: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- החצר: NOUN,f,sg,def
- מעשה: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- רקם: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- תכלת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- וארגמן: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ותולעת: CONJ+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- שני: NUM,m,pl,construct
- ושש: CONJ+NUM,card,m,sg
- משזר: VERB,piel,ptcp,ms,sg
- ועשרים: NUM,m,pl,abs
- אמה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ארך: ADJ,m,sg
- וקומה: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ברחב: PREP
- חמש: NUM,card,f,sg
- אמות: VERB,qal,impf,1,_,sg
- לעמת: PREP
- קלעי: NOUN,m,pl,cons
- החצר: NOUN,f,sg,def
Parallels
- Exod.27:16 (verbal): Nearly identical prescription for the court gate: same materials (blue, purple, scarlet, fine linen) and the same dimensions—twenty cubits long and five cubits wide.
- Exod.36:37-38 (verbal): Craftsmen's report of having made the screen for the door of the tent with the same colors, needlework, and the same twenty-by-five cubits dimensions—repeats the construction detail.
- Exod.26:36 (allusion): Instruction for the hanging/veil at the entrance of the tent of meeting: uses the same colors and fine twined linen (though applied to the inner entrance/veil rather than the outer court screen).
- Exod.40:19 (structural): Narrative of Moses setting up the hanging at the door of the tent of meeting—parallels the installation and function of the court screen described in Exod.38:18.
- Hebrews 9:3 (thematic): New Testament reflection on the tabernacle's inner veil (the 'second veil')—thematic parallel in the use of curtains/veils to separate and demarcate sacred spaces.
Alternative generated candidates
- And the screen of the gate of the court was the work of an embroiderer, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine twisted linen; twenty cubits was its length, and its height was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.
- And the screen of the gate of the court was the work of an embroiderer, of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and fine twisted linen; twenty cubits was its length, and its height was five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court.
Exo.38.19 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ועמדיהם: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,suf
- ארבעה: NUM,card,m,sg
- ואדניהם: NOUN,m,pl,abs+3mp
- ארבעה: NUM,card,m,sg
- נחשת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
- וויהם: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs
- כסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- וצפוי: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ראשיהם: NOUN,m,pl,poss,3,m,pl
- וחשקיהם: CONJ+NOUN,m,pl,abs+3mp
- כסף: NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- Exod.26:26-28 (structural): Instructions for making bars for the boards of the tabernacle (five on each side and a middle bar); parallels Exodus 38:19's description of rods/bars and the structural arrangement of the boards.
- Exod.25:13-15 (verbal): Commands to make poles (rods) for the ark and other furniture and to overlay them; parallels the mention in Exod.38:19 of rods (וויהם) and overlaying of their heads, showing the same practice of fitted carrying-poles.
- Exod.36:26-27 (quotation): Construction account repeating the earlier specifications for making bars for the boards (five for each side); a direct repetition of the design details echoed in Exod.38:19 as part of the actual building of the tabernacle.
Alternative generated candidates
- And their pillars were four and their bases four, of bronze; their hooks were silver, and the overlay of their tops and their bands were silver.
- And its pillars were four and its bases four, of bronze; their hooks were silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their bands were silver.
Exo.38.20 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- וכל: CONJ+PRON,indef
- היתדת: NOUN,f,pl,def
- למשכן: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs
- ולחצר: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- סביב: ADV
- נחשת: NOUN,f,sg,abs
Parallels
- Exod.39.38 (verbal): Direct repetition in the assembly/account section: the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court are stated as bronze, echoing the same material specification.
- Exod.36.38 (structural): Located in the construction narrative of the tabernacle; records the making/sockets/pegs of the tabernacle in bronze, paralleling the material detail of Exod 38:20.
- Exod.27.19 (thematic): In the instructions for the court and its fittings the sockets/pegs are specified as bronze — an instructional counterpart to the finished-work statement in Exod 38:20.
- 1 Kings 7:45-47 (thematic): Describes Solomon’s temple fittings and vessels made of bronze; thematically parallels the use of bronze for cultic furniture and pegs in the tabernacle narrative.
Alternative generated candidates
- And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court all around were bronze.
- And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court all around were bronze.
And he made the court: on the south side, southward, the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, one hundred cubits.
Their pillars were twenty, and their bases twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver. And for the north side, one hundred cubits; their pillars were twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver. And for the west side, hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten and their bases ten; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver. And for the east side, eastward, fifty cubits.
Hangings fifteen cubits on the one side, their pillars three and their bases three. And for the second side, on either side of the gate of the court, hangings fifteen cubits; their pillars three and their bases three.
All the hangings of the court all around were of fine twisted linen. And the bases for the pillars were bronze; the hooks of the pillars and their bands were silver; and their tops were overlaid with silver; and all the pillars of the court were bound with bands of silver. And the screen for the gate of the court, the work of an embroiderer, of blue and purple and scarlet yarn and fine twisted linen, twenty cubits its length, and its height five cubits, corresponding to the hangings of the court. And their pillars were four and their bases four, of bronze; their hooks were silver; and their tops were overlaid with silver, and their bands were silver. And all the pegs for the tabernacle and for the court all around were bronze.