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"You shall make the court of the tent: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side:
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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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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
THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE.
Almost every ancient temple stood within a sacred enclosure, which isolated it from the common …
16th Century
Protestant
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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the southside southwardThis was a large court yard to…
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…
