"And for the gate of the court {shall be} an hanging of twenty cubits, {of} blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twine…" — Exodus 27:16

Exodus 27:16 · 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

Verse 15

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

Verse 17

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

Exodus 27 — Context

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.

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

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. {fifty...: Heb. fifty by fifty}

Cross References

Exodus 26:36

And thou shalt make an hanging for the door of the tent, {of} blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework.

Exodus 39:29

And a girdle {of} fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, {of} needlework; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Exodus 28:39

And thou shalt embroider the coat of fine linen, and thou shalt make the mitre {of} fine linen, and thou shalt make the girdle {of} needlework.

Judges 5:30

Have they not sped? have they {not} divided the prey; to every man a damsel {or} two; to Sisera a prey of divers colours, a prey of divers colours of needlework, of divers colours of needlework on both sides, {meet} for the necks of {them that take} the spoil? {every...: Heb. the head of a man}

Exodus 26:31

And thou shalt make a vail {of} blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:

Psalms 45:14

She shall be brought unto the king in raiment of needlework: the virgins her companions that follow her shall be brought unto thee.

Exodus 36:37

And he made an hanging for the tabernacle door {of} blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework; {of needlework: Heb. the work of a needleworker or, embroiderer}