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Exodus 38:18

Exodus 38:18 is verse 18 of Exodus chapter 38, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.

Berean Standard Bible

The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,

20 cubits is approximately 30 feet or 9.1 meters.

5 cubits is approximately 7.5 feet or 2.3 meters.

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King James Version

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.

World English Bible

The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits was the length, and the height along the width was five cubits, like the hangings of the court.

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Exodus 38:16–20 · Berean Standard Bible

16 All the curtains around the courtyard were made of finely spun linen.

17 The bases for the posts were bronze, the hooks and bands were silver, and the plating for the tops of the posts was silver. So all the posts of the courtyard were banded with silver.

18 The curtain for the entrance to the courtyard was embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. It was twenty cubits long and, like the curtains of the courtyard, five cubits high,

19 with four posts and four bronze bases. Their hooks were silver, as well as the bands and the plating of their tops.

20 All the tent pegs for the tabernacle and for the surrounding courtyard were bronze.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

2 Chronicles 3:14

He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.

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