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The tabernacle courtyard

Building the Tabernacle courtyard.
Contributed by Bible Scenes
Story also available on our translated website: Portuguese
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You shall make the court of the tabernacle. – Slide 1
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On the south side the court shall have hangings of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side. (A cubit is the distance between the elbow and the tip of the middle finger - in Biblical times 44.4cm or 17.5 inches.) – Slide 2
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Its twenty pillars and their twenty bases shall be of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. – Slide 3
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And likewise for its length on the north side there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long… – Slide 4
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…its pillars twenty and their bases twenty, of bronze, but the hooks of the pillars and their fillets shall be of silver. – Slide 5
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And for the breadth of the court on the west side… – Slide 6
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… there shall be hangings for fifty cubits, with ten pillars and ten bases. – Slide 7
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The breadth of the court on the front to the east shall be fifty cubits. – Slide 8
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The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. – Slide 9
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On the other side the hangings shall be fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three bases. For the gate of the court there shall be a screen twenty cubits long, of blue and purple and scarlet yarns and fine twined linen, embroidered with needlework. – Slide 10
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It shall have four pillars and with them four bases. All the pillars around the court shall be filleted with silver. Their hooks shall be of silver, and their bases of bronze. – Slide 11
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The length of the court shall be a hundred cubits, the breadth fifty, and the height five cubits, with hangings of fine twined linen and bases of bronze. – Slide 12
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All the utensils of the tabernacle for every use, and all its pegs and all the pegs of the court, shall be of bronze. – Slide 13
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