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Ex. 27:18 KJV (With Strong’s)

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

fifty by fifty.

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length of the court.

Ex. 27:9‑12• ⁹And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:
¹⁰And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver.
¹¹And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of an hundred cubits long, and his twenty pillars and their twenty sockets of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
¹²And for the breadth of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten. (Ex. 27:9‑12)

fifty every where.

Heb. fifty by fifty.

• These hangings were five cubits high (vs. 18); and their lengths at the two sides one hundred cubits, and at the two ends fifty and thirty cubits. These latter numbers can all be divided by ten and five. Accepting then the power of these numbers as responsibility towards God {10}, and responsibility towards man {5}, it follows that the spotless purity of His life sprang from His perfectly meeting this twofold responsibility. He loved God with all His heart, and His neighbor as, yea, more than, Himself. (“The Court of the Tabernacle: Exodus 27:9-19” by E. Dennett)

• The curtains of the Tabernacle were, as stated, two hundred and eighty cubits. These display Christ before the eye of God. But as He is, so are we in this world (1 John 4:17). They are therefore the curtains of privilege—revealing, as they do, our perfect acceptance before God. The fine twined linen hangings were also two hundred and eighty cubits, and inasmuch as they display the practical righteousness of the life of Christ, His blameless walk, His spotless purity, they are the curtains of responsibility. In the Revelation it is said that the fine linen is the righteousnesses of saints (Rev. 19:8). The responsibility of the saint is measured by his privilege, by what he is before God. There is another thought. Our responsibility to walk as Christ walked (1 John 2:6) is our responsibility to God. But these curtains were five cubits high. Five, it will be recalled, is the number of responsibility towards man; and thereby it may be learned that we are responsible to man as well as to God—responsible to present Christ in our walk and conversation. (“The Court of the Tabernacle: Exodus 27:9-19” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty everywherec, and the height five cubits of twined byssus; and their basesd of copper.

JND Translation Notes

Lit. "fifty by fifty."

Or "the bases of the pillars."

W. Kelly Translation

The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty everywhere, and the height five cubits of twined byssus; and their bases of copper.

WK Verse Note

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