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Exodus 38

Ex. 38:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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All the hangings
qela` (Hebrew #7050)
a sling; also a (door) screen (as if slung across), or the valve (of the door) itself
KJV usage: hanging, leaf, sling.
Pronounce: keh'-lah
Origin: from 7049
of the court
chatser (Hebrew #2691)
from 2690 in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls)
KJV usage: court, tower, village.
Pronounce: khaw-tsare'
Origin: (masculine and feminine)
round about
cabiyb (Hebrew #5439)
from 5437; (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly (as adverb, with or without preposition) around
KJV usage: (place, round) about, circuit, compass, on every side.
Pronounce: saw-beeb'
Origin: or (feminine) cbiybah {seb-ee-baw'}
were of fine twined
shazar (Hebrew #7806)
to twist (a thread of straw)
KJV usage: twine.
Pronounce: shaw-zar'
Origin: a primitive root
linen
shesh (Hebrew #8336)
for 7893; bleached stuff, i.e. white linen or (by analogy) marble
KJV usage: X blue, fine ((twined)) linen, marble, silk.
Pronounce: shaysh
Origin: or (for alliteration with 4897) shshiy {shesh-ee'}
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More on:

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Court,
Hanging,
Linen

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Ex. 38:16• 16All the hangings of the court round about were of twined byssus; (Ex. 38:16)
• The linen speaks to us of the spotless purity of the life, including the thoughts as well as the acts and words. (“The Court” by S. Ridout)
• The length of these hangings was the same as that of the curtains in the inner covering of the tabernacle. There were 10 curtains, each of them 28 cubits in length, or 280 cubits in all. This would remind us that God’s standard for practical holiness is always one. He has not two standards, as we oftentimes have: one for ourselves, perhaps, and another for others. God abhors divers weights and measures. When He measures human righteousness, He does so by one standard, absolute perfection, which we find expressed in the Ten Commandments, a number of frequent occurrence in the description of the court. Ten is the number of responsibility, both Godward and manward. (“The Court” by S. Ridout)
• There is the fine linen, 280 cubits (7 x 40, perfection manifested by testing), the full measure of God’s requirement, which forms the most effectual witness, and the perfect barrier between all the sin of the world and the sacred enclosure where God manifests Himself. (“The Court” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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All the hangings of the court round about were of twined byssus;

W. Kelly Translation

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All the hangings of the court round about were of twined byssus;

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)