Exodus 27:9 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Exodus 27:9

Exodus 27:9. Thou shalt make the court Such a place as we call a court- yard, uncovered above, but enclosed with pillars and hangings of fine linen. This court, according to common computation, was fifty yards long and twenty-five broad. In it stood the tabernacle toward the upper west end; between the tabernacle and the lower end stood the altar, with the laver on one side of it, Exodus 30:18. The pillars were set up at convenient distances, in sockets of brass, the pillars filleted with... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:9-21

Tabernacle court; oil for the lamp (27:9-21)Around the perimeter of the tabernacle courtyard (GNB: enclosure) was a fence, which separated the tabernacle sufficiently from the camp to create a feeling of reverence towards the symbolic dwelling place of God. This fence gave protection against desert winds and was high enough to prevent people outside from watching the rituals out of idle curiosity.The fence was made of cloth attached to posts, which were fitted into metal bases in the ground and... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Exodus 27:9

tabernacle . Hebrew. mishkan. See App-40 . south side southward . Figure of speech Polyptoton. App-6 . side. Hebrew. pe'ah, quarter or region. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Exodus 27:9-19

THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE"And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen a hundred cubits long for one side: and the pillars thereof shall be twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the hooks of the pillars, and their fillets, of silver. And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings a hundred cubits long, and the pillars thereof twenty, and their sockets twenty, of brass; the... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Exodus 27:9

Exodus 27:9. And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle— The tabernacle, when formed, was to be surrounded by a kind of open court, which was to be circumscribed by hangings of plain fine linen, supported by pillars in sockets of brass; but the hanging for the gate of the court, Exo 27:16 was to be of the same embroidered stuff with the inmost covering of the tabernacle. This court-yard was a hundred cubits, or about fifty-eight yards long; and from Exo 27:12 it appears, that it was just... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Exodus 27:9

9-19. the court of the tabernacle—The enclosure in which the edifice stood was a rectangular court, extending rather more than fifty yards in length and half that space in breadth, and the enclosing parapet was about three yards or half the height of the tabernacle. That parapet consisted of a connected series of curtains, made of fine twined linen yarn, woven into a kind of network, so that the people could see through; but that large curtain which overhung the entrance was of a different... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 27:1-19

5. The tabernacle courtyard 27:1-19In this section Moses described the altar of burnt offerings, the courtyard itself, and the oil for the lamps on the lampstand that the priests evidently prepared in the courtyard. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Exodus 27:9-19

The courtyard 27:9-19The courtyard was 50 cubits wide by 100 cubits long (75 feet by 150 feet, half the length of an American football field). This area is about the size of a modest home site in the United States. The curtains that formed its perimeter were only half as high as those surrounding the tabernacle building (7 feet instead of 15 feet). So the Israelites outside the courtyard could see the top part of the tabernacle building."All its vessels were of copper-brass, which, being allied... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Exodus 27:1-21

The Altar of Burnt Offering. The Court of the Tabernacle. The Oil for the Lamps1-8. Altar of Burnt Offering.This is a hollow chest of acacia wood overlaid with bronze, and stands within the court, midway between the outer entrance and the door of the tabernacle.1. The approximate size of the altar is 7½ ft. square and 4½ ft. high: see on Exodus 20:26.2 The horns] The form and significance of these horns are doubtful. They were very important, and seem to have been regarded as the most sacred... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Exodus 27:9

(9) For the south side southward.—Rather, for the south side upon the right. (See Note on Exodus 26:18.)Hangings.—The word used is new and rare. It is rendered ίστία, “sails,” by the LXX., and seems to designate a coarse sail-cloth, woven with interstices, through which what went on inside the court might be seen. The court, it must be remembered, was open to all Israelites (Leviticus 1:3, &c.).Of fine twined linen.—Made of linen thread, i.e., each thread having several strands; not “fine... read more