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Oriented Toward Hope
Commentators highlight that the tabernacle's entrance faced east, toward the rising sun. This was a common practice for ancient temples, not as sun-worship, but as a symbol of looking forward in hope and anticipation. It oriented the entire structure toward the 'front of the world,' as one scholar puts it.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 27:9–19
18th Century
Theologian
The court of the tabernacle - ().
Exodus 27:9. The south side southward - The south side on the right. See Exodus …
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 27:13
19th Century
Bishop
On the east side eastward. —Rather, in front, towards the east. Both the tabernacle and the Temple faced to the east, whi…
John Gill
On Exodus 27:13
17th Century
Pastor
And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward
Which was the entrance into it:
shall be f…
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 27:9–19
17th Century
Minister
The tabernacle was enclosed in a court, about sixty yards long and thirty broad, formed by curtains hung upon brass pillars, fixed in brass sockets…