Exodus 27:9-19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Exodus 27:9-19

Before the tabernacle there was to be a court or yard, enclosed with hangings of the finest linen that was used for tents. This court, according to the common computation of cubits, was fifty yards long, and twenty-five broad. Pillars were set up at convenient distances, in sockets of brass, the pillars filleted with silver, and silver tenter-hooks in them, on which the linen hangings were fastened: the hanging which served for the gate was finer than the rest, Exod. 27:16. This court was a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:9

And thou shall make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward ,.... This was a large court yard to the house of God, or tabernacle, which stood in it at the upper end of it; it was enclosed, but open to the air; and in it, between the entrance into it and the holy place, stood the altar of burnt offering before described, and on one side of that the laver for the priests to wash in; into this the people of Israel were admitted, and where they brought their sacrifices and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:10

And the twenty pillars thereof and their twenty sockets shall be of brass ,.... On these pillars the hangings, rails, or curtains were set, and they were for one side, the south side, in number twenty; and so must stand five cubits, or two yards and a half or more, distant from each other, since the length of the hangings were one hundred cubits: these, according to Philo the Jew F8 De Vita Mosis, l. 3. p. 667. , were made of cedar, but if of wood, most probably of "shittim wood", as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:11

And likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings of one hundred cubits long ,.... The north and south sides of this court being equal, the same length of hangings were for the one as the other: and his twenty pillars, and their twenty sockets of brass ; there went on this side the same number of pillars and sockets, and of the same metal: the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver ; just as they were on the south side. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:12

And for the breadth of the court, on the west side ,.... On the west end, the upper end of the court, near to which reached the holy of holies: shall be hangings of fifty cubits : or twenty five yards and more, so that the court was but half as broad as it was long: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten ; which was a number proportionate to the hangings, and stood at an equal distance from each other, as the pillars for the sides, at five cubits, or two yards and a half, as... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:13

And the breadth of the court on the east side eastward ,.... Which was the entrance into it: shall be fifty cubits ; the east end and west end were of the same measure. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:14

The hangings of one side of the gate ,.... Or entrance into the court: shall be fifteen cubits ; or seven yards and a half: their pillars three, and their sockets three ; and so stood at the same distance from one another as the rest of the pillars did, the distance of five cubits. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:15

And on the other side shall be hangings fifteen cubits ,.... On the other side of the gate, or entrance into the court, on the northeast side, as the other may be supposed to be the southeast side, there was the same length of hangings: their pillars three, and their sockets three ; the same as on the other side of the gate. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:16

And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits ,.... Which, with the fifteen on each side, make the fifty cubits, the breadth of the court eastward, Exodus 27:13 , this hanging was better than the rest, much finer and richer: for it was of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle work : and was of the same as the hangings for the door of the holy place, Exodus 26:36 this was a figure of Christ, and of the graces of the Spirit in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Exodus 27:17

All the pillars round about the court shall be filleted with silver ,.... This is observed, because only mention is made before of the pillars that were on the south and north sides of the court, as filleted with silver; but inasmuch as those at both ends, east and west, were to be so likewise, this is added: their hooks shall be of silver , and their sockets of brass; no notice having been taken of the hooks to the pillars at both ends, though they were as necessary there as... read more

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