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For the west side were hangings of fifty cubits, their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver.
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A Temporary Dwelling
Matthew Henry suggests the court's curtain walls symbolize the temporary nature of the Old Covenant. Just as these curtains were movable, the entire system was designed to be taken down and expanded, making way for the New Covenant that would include the Gentile world.
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Exodus
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19th Century
Anglican
The construction of the court follows that of the furniture it contained. The passage runs parallel with Exodus 27:9-19.
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on Exodus 38:9).
Presbyterian
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…
