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their pillars were twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.

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A Temporary Structure

Matthew Henry interprets the court's curtain walls as a symbol of the Old Covenant's temporary nature. He suggests this movable design foreshadowed a time when the church would expand beyond its original boundaries to include the Gentile world, fulfilling a larger divine plan.

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Exodus

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Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Exodus 38:9–20

19th Century

Bishop

The construction of the court follows that of the furniture it contained. The passage runs parallel with Exodus 27:9-19.

John Gill

John Gill

On Exodus 38:10

17th Century

Pastor

(See Gill on Exodus 38:9).

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Exodus 38:9–20

17th Century

Minister

The court's walls, being made only of curtains, indicated that the state of the Jewish church itself was movable and changeable; and that in due ti…