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The screen for the gate of the court was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, like to the hangings of the court.
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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 design foreshadowed a time when the 'tent' of God's people would be expanded to include the Gentile world, signifying the growth of the church beyond national Israel.
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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…
