Exodus 27:16 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Exodus 27:16 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Exodus 27:16 in 6 Bible Translations

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Exodus 27:16 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.”

Exodus 27:16 — World English Bible

Exodus 27:16 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“And for the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four. ”

Exodus 27:16 — American Standard Version

Exodus 27:16 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`And for the gate of the court a covering of twenty cubits, blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen, work of an embroiderer; their pillars four, their sockets four.”

Exodus 27:16 — Young's Literal Translation

Exodus 27:16 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“— And for the gate of the court a curtain of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus, embroidered with needlework; their pillars four, and their bases four. ”

Exodus 27:16 — Darby Translation

Exodus 27:16 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And in the gate of the court shalbe a vaile of twentie cubites, of blewe silke, and purple, and skarlet, and fine twined linen wrought with needle, with the foure pillars thereof and their foure sockets.”

Exodus 27:16 — Geneva Bible

Exodus 27:16 in Context — Exodus 27

14 The hangings of one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

15 And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits: their pillars three, and their sockets three.

16 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.

17 All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver; their hooks shall be of silver, and their sockets of brass.

18 The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.

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What Does Exodus 27:16 Mean?

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