And he made the court ,.... The open court of the tabernacle, where the people met, of which, its pillars, sockets, hangings, hooks, and pins, an account is given, to Exodus 38:10 of which See Gill on Exodus 27:9 , Exodus 27:10 , Exodus 27:11 , Exodus 27:12 , Exodus 27:13 , Exodus 27:14 , Exodus 27:15 , Exodus 27:16 , Exodus 27:17 , Exodus 27:18 , Exodus 27:19 . read more
The court - See Clarke on Exodus 27:9 . read more
The hooks - and their fillets - The capitals, and the silver bands that went round them; see Clarke's note on Exodus 26:32 . read more
The brazen altar, the laver, and the court. See Homilies on Exodus 27:1-20 ; Exodus 30:17-22 .— J . O . read more
The Court and its lessons. I. THE FURNISHING AND CONSTRUCTION OF THE COURT 2 . The construction of the court . 3 . The order in which they were made . The altar first, then the laver, and, last of all, the enclosing of the court. First, Christ and his sacrifice; next, the washing of regeneration by him through the Spirit; and, last of all, the gathering together of the Church. This is the Divine order. The true Church has ever this history. None have a right to... read more
Their fillets . Rather, "their connecting-rods," as in Exodus 27:10 . read more
The overlaying of their chapiters of silver . This is additional to what is recorded in Exodus 27:1-21 ; and is parallel to what we find related of the tabernacle pillars in Exodus 36:38 . Filleted with silver . Rather, "connected with silver rods." Compare Exodus 27:17 . read more
The height in the breadth was five cubits . The height of the hangings all round the court was required to be five cubits, or seven and a half feet ( Exodus 27:18 ). It appears by the expression here used—"in the breadth"—that the material was woven of exactly this width. read more
Their chapiters . This again is additional to the directions given Compare the comment on Exodus 38:17 . read more
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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 38:9-20
The walls of the court, or church-yard, were like the rest curtains or hangings, made according to the appointment, Exod. 27:9-19 This represented the state of the Old-Testament church: it was a garden enclosed; the worshippers were then confined to a little compass. But the enclosure being of curtains only intimated that the confinement of the church in one particular nation was not to be perpetual. The dispensation itself was a tabernacle-dispensation, movable and mutable, and in due time to... read more