All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.
All the hangings enclosing the tabernacle court round about were of fine-twined white linen, forming an oblong one hundred cubits long by fifty cubits wide suspended from brass pillars set five cubits apart, only about half as high as the walls of the tabernacle so the building could be plainly seen from outside. The eastern entrance was the exception, where the closing hangings were instead of blue and purple and scarlet and fine-twined white linen. They were made exactly according to the pattern God showed Moses in the mount, for the wilderness tabernacle was not left to human fancy but was built by men endowed with wisdom to carry out the Lord's explicit directions. With the whole tabernacle, the court was typical and shadowy, a great object-lesson comprehending the plan of salvation and pointing to the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man, until the death of Christ rent the veil and the earthly sanctuary and its typical service passed away forever. The fine-twined linen represents the righteousness of the saints, which they obtain through Christ who is their righteousness, and its adorning of God's court round about calls each person to examine how his own soul temple is adorned for His indwelling.
Sanctuary Setting and Construction
This verse belongs to the minute description in Exodus 25 to 40 of the worldly sanctuary built in the days of Moses exactly according to the pattern shown in the mount. That sanctuary was composed of two apartments separated by a veil, the holy place twenty cubits long, ten cubits wide and ten cubits high and the most holy place ten cubits in each dimension and half as large. Its sides and west end were made of acacia boards overlaid with gold, secured at the bottom by tenons fitting into silver sockets weighing a talent each and held at the top by bars placed through rings attached to the boards.
It belongs to Exodus 35 to 40, which record how the directions for building the sanctuary and making its furniture given in Exodus 25 to 30 were complied with. The sanctuary was not left to human fancy in size or form but was built by explicit instruction after the pattern God showed, by men endowed with wisdom to carry out the directions. Its chapters record that the Lord's directions were carried out explicitly.
It belongs to the law given through Moses, which includes ceremonial laws as well as moral, civil, and other laws. Its setting among the laws and types of the old dispensation is part of the record whose shadows help reveal the substance of the new dispensation. It belongs to the account of the wilderness tabernacle pitched in the wilderness after God brought Israel out of Egypt across the Red Sea. That tabernacle was a movable dwelling-place built from free-will offerings of Israel by workmen specially endowed by God exactly according to the divine pattern given to Moses in the mount at Sinai, that God might dwell among men in Israel.
The sanctuary was God's dwelling place among His people. It was the center of earthly worship, whose services revolved around the most holy place, where God's law rested beneath the mercy seat. Its construction according to God's instructions was completed with the blessing and glory of God filling the congregation and the building.
The tabernacle court was an oblong one hundred cubits long by fifty cubits wide. All the hangings enclosing the court round about were made of fine-twined white linen yarn. They were suspended from brass pillars with silver fittings, set five cubits apart, with each curtain five cubits long so the pillars were about the same length. They were only about half as high as the walls of the tabernacle so the building could be plainly seen by the people outside.
The eastern end or entrance was the exception, where the hangings were instead made of blue and purple and scarlet and fine-twined white linen. Those entrance hangings closing the building had cords to raise or slide them and were brushed aside when the priests entered the court.
Typology and Personal Application
The court with its hangings belongs to the whole tabernacle described in Exodus 25 to 40, which was typical and shadowy, a great multiple object-lesson by various forms and rites comprehending the great plan of salvation. It was a movable dwelling-place pitched in the wilderness after Israel was brought out of Egypt across the Red Sea, built from the free-will offerings of the children of Israel by workmen specially endowed by God, exactly according to the divine pattern given to Moses in the mount at Sinai, that God might dwell among men. It was given after deliverance from Egyptian bondage, because hundreds of years of slavery had unfitted Israel to comprehend God's great salvation and the character He required. It was an object lesson pointing to the Lamb of God and to the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man, and true worship for Israel centered in that worldly sanctuary until the death of Christ rent the veil, when the earthly sanctuary and its typical service passed away entirely and forever.
The hangings surrounding the court were made of fine-twined linen, while the entrance was the exception, made with blue and purple and scarlet and fine-twined linen. That linen represents the righteousness of the saints. That righteousness they obtain through Christ, who is their righteousness. The court of God's sanctuary was thus adorned round about with hangings of fine twined linen, and this adornment of His sanctuary calls each person to examine how his own soul temple is adorned for His indwelling.
All the hangings enclosing the tabernacle court round about were of fine-twined white linen, forming an oblong one hundred cubits long by fifty cubits wide suspended from brass pillars set five cubits apart, only about half as high as the walls of the tabernacle so the building could be plainly seen from outside. The eastern entrance was the exception, where the closing hangings were instead of blue and purple and scarlet and fine-twined white linen. They were made exactly according to the pattern God showed Moses in the mount, for the wilderness tabernacle was not left to human fancy but was built by men endowed with wisdom to carry out the Lord's explicit directions. With the whole tabernacle, the court was typical and shadowy, a great object-lesson comprehending the plan of salvation and pointing to the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man, until the death of Christ rent the veil and the earthly sanctuary and its typical service passed away forever. The fine-twined linen represents the righteousness of the saints, which they obtain through Christ who is their righteousness, and its adorning of God's court round about calls each person to examine how his own soul temple is adorned for His indwelling.
Sanctuary Setting and Construction
This verse belongs to the minute description in Exodus 25 to 40 of the worldly sanctuary built in the days of Moses exactly according to the pattern shown in the mount. That sanctuary was composed of two apartments separated by a veil, the holy place twenty cubits long, ten cubits wide and ten cubits high and the most holy place ten cubits in each dimension and half as large. Its sides and west end were made of acacia boards overlaid with gold, secured at the bottom by tenons fitting into silver sockets weighing a talent each and held at the top by bars placed through rings attached to the boards.
It belongs to Exodus 35 to 40, which record how the directions for building the sanctuary and making its furniture given in Exodus 25 to 30 were complied with. The sanctuary was not left to human fancy in size or form but was built by explicit instruction after the pattern God showed, by men endowed with wisdom to carry out the directions. Its chapters record that the Lord's directions were carried out explicitly.
It belongs to the law given through Moses, which includes ceremonial laws as well as moral, civil, and other laws. Its setting among the laws and types of the old dispensation is part of the record whose shadows help reveal the substance of the new dispensation. It belongs to the account of the wilderness tabernacle pitched in the wilderness after God brought Israel out of Egypt across the Red Sea. That tabernacle was a movable dwelling-place built from free-will offerings of Israel by workmen specially endowed by God exactly according to the divine pattern given to Moses in the mount at Sinai, that God might dwell among men in Israel.
The sanctuary was God's dwelling place among His people. It was the center of earthly worship, whose services revolved around the most holy place, where God's law rested beneath the mercy seat. Its construction according to God's instructions was completed with the blessing and glory of God filling the congregation and the building.
The tabernacle court was an oblong one hundred cubits long by fifty cubits wide. All the hangings enclosing the court round about were made of fine-twined white linen yarn. They were suspended from brass pillars with silver fittings, set five cubits apart, with each curtain five cubits long so the pillars were about the same length. They were only about half as high as the walls of the tabernacle so the building could be plainly seen by the people outside.
The eastern end or entrance was the exception, where the hangings were instead made of blue and purple and scarlet and fine-twined white linen. Those entrance hangings closing the building had cords to raise or slide them and were brushed aside when the priests entered the court.
Typology and Personal Application
The court with its hangings belongs to the whole tabernacle described in Exodus 25 to 40, which was typical and shadowy, a great multiple object-lesson by various forms and rites comprehending the great plan of salvation. It was a movable dwelling-place pitched in the wilderness after Israel was brought out of Egypt across the Red Sea, built from the free-will offerings of the children of Israel by workmen specially endowed by God, exactly according to the divine pattern given to Moses in the mount at Sinai, that God might dwell among men. It was given after deliverance from Egyptian bondage, because hundreds of years of slavery had unfitted Israel to comprehend God's great salvation and the character He required. It was an object lesson pointing to the Lamb of God and to the true tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man, and true worship for Israel centered in that worldly sanctuary until the death of Christ rent the veil, when the earthly sanctuary and its typical service passed away entirely and forever.
The hangings surrounding the court were made of fine-twined linen, while the entrance was the exception, made with blue and purple and scarlet and fine-twined linen. That linen represents the righteousness of the saints. That righteousness they obtain through Christ, who is their righteousness. The court of God's sanctuary was thus adorned round about with hangings of fine twined linen, and this adornment of His sanctuary calls each person to examine how his own soul temple is adorned for His indwelling.