9 "You shall make the court of the tabernacle . On the south e side there shall be hangings for the court of fine twisted linen one hundred cubits long for one side ; 10 and its pillars shall be twenty , with their twenty sockets of bronze ; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver . 11 "Likewise for the north side in length there shall be hangings one hundred cubits long , and its twenty pillars with their twenty sockets of bronze ; the hooks of the pillars and their bands shall be of silver . 12 "For the width of the court on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits with their ten pillars and their ten sockets . 13 "The width of the court on the east side shall be fifty cubits . 14 "The hangings for the one side of the gate shall be fifteen e cubits with their three pillars and their three sockets . 15 "And for the other side shall be hangings of fifteen e cubits with their three pillars and their three sockets . 16 "For the gate of the court there shall be a screen of twenty cubits , of blue and purple and scarlet material and fine twisted linen , the work of a weaver , with their four pillars and their four sockets . 17 "All the pillars around the court shall be furnished with silver bands with their hooks of silver and their sockets of bronze . 18 "The length of the court shall be one hundred cubits , and the width fifty throughout, and the height five cubits of fine twisted linen , and their sockets of bronze .
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 27:9-18
Commentary on Exodus 27:9-19
(Read Exodus 27:9-19)
The tabernacle was enclosed in a court, about sixty yards long and thirty broad, formed by curtains hung upon brazen pillars, fixed in brazen sockets. Within this enclosure the priests and Levites offered the sacrifices, and thither the Jewish people were admitted. These distinctions represented the difference between the visible nominal church, and the true spiritual church, which alone has access to God, and communion with him.