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For the gate of the court shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
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A Clear and Colorful Gate
Commentators note that the gate to the tabernacle court was intentionally designed to stand out. Made of richly embroidered blue, purple, and scarlet linen, it contrasted sharply with the plain white curtains of the surrounding fence. This made the one and only entrance to the sacred space beautiful, special, and unmistakable to all who approached.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The court of the tabernacle - ().
Exodus 27:9. The south side southward - The south side on the right. See Exodus …
19th Century
Anglican
For the gate of the court —i.e., the entrance.
An hanging. —The word is the same as that…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits Which, with the fi…
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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…
