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Exodus 38:9 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: "
Exodus 38:9
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7 And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the altar, to bear it withal; he made the altar hollow with boards.
8 And he made the laver of brass, and the foot of it of brass, of the lookingglasses of the women assembling, which assembled at the door of the tabernacle of the congregation.
9 And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits:
10 Their pillars were twenty, and their brasen sockets twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver.
11 And for the north side the hangings were an hundred cubits, their pillars were twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver.
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The walls of the court, or church yard, were made of curtains or hangings, according to the command in Exodus 27:9 and following. This picture showed what the Old Testament church was like. It was like a garden enclosed, where worshipers were kept within a small space.
But because the enclosure was made of curtains only, it also showed that this confinement to one nation would not last forever. The whole arrangement was a tabernacle arrangement, something movable and changeable, and it would one day be taken down and folded up. Then the place of the tent would be enlarged and its cords stretched out to make room for the Gentile world, as promised in Isaiah 54:2, 3.
The church on earth is still only the court of God’s house, and those who walk in it and flourish there are happy indeed. Yet even now we are moving through these courts toward the holy place above. Blessed are those who live in that house of God, for they will keep praising him.
The enclosed court before the tabernacle also teaches us that we should come to God step by step. The priests who served had to pass through the holy court before they entered the holy house. In the same way, before sacred worship there should be a set-apart time of preparation. There we should wash our hands, so to speak, and then draw near with a true heart.
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Exodus 38:1
"And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three cubits the height"
Exodus 38:2
"And he made the horns thereof on the four corners of it; the horns thereof were of the same: and he overlaid it with brass."
Exodus 38:3
"And he made all the vessels of the altar, the pots, and the shovels, and the basons, and the fleshhooks, and the firepans: all the vessels thereof made he of brass."
Exodus 38:4
"And he made for the altar a brasen grate of network under the compass thereof beneath unto the midst"
Exodus 38:5
"And he cast four rings for the four ends of the grate of brass, to be places for the staves."
Exodus 38:6
"And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass."
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