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A Place Set Apart
Commentators explain that the court served a crucial purpose: it created a sacred enclosure, separating the holy tabernacle from the ordinary world. This was a practical necessity for the open-air altar of sacrifice and visually taught the Israelites that approaching God required reverence and leaving the common world behind.
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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 27:9–18
19th Century
Bishop
THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE.
Almost every ancient temple stood within a sacred enclosure, which isolated it from the common …
John Calvin
On Exodus 27:9
16th Century
Theologian
And you shall make the court. There were two courts divided from the sanctuary: one for the priests, and the other common to all the peopl…
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John Gill
On Exodus 27:9
17th Century
Pastor
And you shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south
side southward
This was a large court yard to…
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…