'Side' in the Bible

Now Moses was keeping the flock of Jethro (Reuel) his father-in-law, the priest of Midian; and he led his flock to the west side of the wilderness and came to Horeb (Sinai), the mountain of God.

But Moses’ hands were heavy and he grew tired. So they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat on it. Then Aaron and Hur held up his hands, one on one side and one on the other side; so it was that his hands were steady until the sun set.

You shall not follow a crowd to do [something] evil, nor shall you testify at a trial or in a dispute so as to side with a crowd in order to pervert justice;

You shall cast four gold rings for it and attach them to the four feet, two rings on either side.

Six branches shall come out of its sides; three branches of the lampstand out of the one side and three branches of the lampstand out of its other side [the shaft being the seventh branch].

The cubit on one side and the cubit on the other, of what is left over in the length of the curtains of the tent shall lap over the sides of the tabernacle on one side and the other side, to cover it.

You shall make the boards for the tabernacle [in the following quantities]: twenty boards for the south side.

for the north side of the tabernacle there shall be twenty boards,

For the back or west side of the tabernacle you shall make six boards.

“Then you shall make [fifteen] bars of acacia wood: five for the boards of one side of the tabernacle,

and five bars for the boards of the other side of the tabernacle, and five bars for the boards of the rear end of the tabernacle, for the back wall toward the west.

You shall set the table [for the bread] outside the veil [in the Holy Place] on the north side, and the lampstand opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle.

“You shall make the court of the tabernacle. The south side of the court is to have curtains of fine twisted linen, a hundred cubits long for one side;

likewise for the north side there shall be curtains, a hundred cubits long, and its twenty pillars and twenty bronze sockets; but the hooks of the pillars and their fasteners shall be silver.

For the width of the court on the west side there shall be curtains of fifty cubits, with ten pillars (support poles) and ten sockets.

The width of the court [to the front], on the east side shall be fifty cubits.

The curtains for one side [of the gate] shall be fifteen cubits with three pillars and three sockets.

On the other side [of the gate] the curtains shall be fifteen cubits with three pillars and three sockets.

then Moses stood in the gate of the camp, and said, “Whoever is on the Lord’s side, come to me!” And all the sons of Levi [the priestly tribe] gathered together to him.

He said to them, “Thus says the Lord God of Israel, ‘Every man strap his sword on his thigh and go back and forth from gate to gate throughout the camp, and every man kill his brother, and every man his friend, and every man his neighbor [all who continue pagan worship].’”

And [this is how] he made the boards [for frames] for the tabernacle: twenty boards for the south side;

For the other side of the tabernacle, the north side, he made twenty boards,

And for the rear of the tabernacle, to the west, he made six [frame] boards.

Bezalel made bars of acacia wood, five for the [frame] boards of the one side of the tabernacle,

and five bars for the boards of the tabernacle’s other side, and five bars for the boards at the rear side to the west.

He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

There were six branches coming out of the sides of the lampstand, three branches from one side of the center shaft and three branches from the other side of it;

Then he made the court: for the south side the curtains of the court were of fine twisted linen, a hundred cubits;

And for the north side [of the court the curtains were also] a hundred cubits; their twenty support poles and their twenty bronze sockets; the hooks of the support poles and their connecting rings were silver.

For the west side [of the court] there were curtains of fifty cubits with their ten support poles and their ten sockets; the hooks of the support poles and their connecting rings were silver.

For the east side [the front of the courtyard, there were curtains of] fifty cubits.

The curtains for one side of the court gate were fifteen cubits, with their three support poles and their three sockets;

and the same for the other side [of the court gate]. Left and right of the court gate there were curtains of fifteen cubits; with their three support poles and their three sockets.

Then he put the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.

Then he put the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting, opposite the table, on the south side of the tabernacle.