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 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
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
35:1-40:38 CONSTRUCTION OF THE TABERNACLEThis section largely repeats the instruction given on the mountain in Chapters 25-31. It emphasizes that the people had to do God’s work according to his covenant requirements. Therefore, they were to keep the Sabbath (35:1-3; cf. 31:16). If they wanted God to accept their offerings for the building of the tabernacle, they had to present those offerings in a spirit of joy and willingness (35:4-29). Though all could give offerings, only those with the... read more
"And he made the altar of burnt-offering of acacia wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof, foursquare; and three cubits the height thereof. And he made the horns thereof upon the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of one piece with it: and he overlaid it with brass. And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basins, the flesh-hooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass. And he made for the... read more
Exodus 38:18. And the height in the breadth was five cubits— The Hebrew is, and its height in the breadth: an expression, which specifies only the height of the hanging. REFLECTIONS.—Behold a figure of the church of God: a little inclosure, with Christ in the midst of it, and his worshippers around him, separated from the world, and ready to remove out of it. Death is coming to fold up the curtains; and then we shall have a more durable abode, translated from the church militant on earth, to... read more
18. the height in the breadth—or, "in the measure." The sense is that the hangings of the court gate, which was twenty cubits wide, were of the same height as the hangings all round the court [WALL]. read more
The furniture, vessels, and courtyard 37:1-38:20The ark of the covenant Exodus 37:1-9 (cf. Exodus 25:10-22)The table of showbread Exodus 37:10-16 (cf. Exodus 25:23-30)The lampstand Exodus 37:17-24 (cf. Exodus 25:31-40)The altar of incense Exodus 37:25-28 (cf. Exodus 30:1-10)The anointing oil and incense Exodus 37:29 (cf. Exodus 30:22-28)The brazen altar Exodus 38:1-7 (cf. Exodus 27:1-8)The laver Exodus 38:8 (cf. Exodus 30:17-21)The courtyard Exodus 38:9-20 (cf. Exodus 27:9-19) 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