The Tabernacle and Its Courtyard Among the Campsby Praneeth
40:8Exodus 40:8
And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.
The command was to erect the court around the whole tabernacle and hang the screen at the court gate as the finishing act that completed the court, the outer part of the sanctuary enclosed with curtains of fine twined linen around the laver and the altar of burnt offering before the entrance. It was carried out when the movable wilderness tabernacle was reared up on Abib 1 in the second year after Israel left Egypt, its parts put in order and its furniture placed, after which the cloud covered the tent and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle so that Moses could not enter. It belongs to the worship division of Exodus, chapters 25 to 40, for the sanctuary built at God's command from free-will offerings by divinely endowed workmen exactly after the pattern shown to Moses in the mount, that God might dwell among His people with His law beneath the mercy seat as the center of their worship. So erected, the tabernacle taught salvation by its structure and services as an object-lesson and type and pattern of the heavenly sanctuary where Christ ministers. It is part of the law of Moses commanded in Horeb, with the Ten Commandments, statutes, judgments, and ceremonial laws of sacrifices and offerings whose shadows point to the new dispensation, belonging to the religious system distinct from the civil laws for governing the people. Once so set up the sanctuary was sanctified for God's service and was not to be used as a common house, while its ministration before the ark containing the law could only expose the guilt and just condemnation of sinners with in itself no promise of pardon.
Erection and Arrangement
Exodus 40:8 commands setting up the court round about the tabernacle and hanging the hanging or screen at the court gate. It belongs both to the directions for erecting the tabernacle and to the record of carrying them out as the finishing act of completing the court. The court was set up around the sanctuary and its gate was hung as directed, with its furnishings and equipment made according to God's directions.
The court was the outer part of the sanctuary arrangement, erected around the whole tabernacle. It was enclosed with curtains of fine twined linen, and its gate had a hanging. Enclosed within it were the brazen laver and the altar of burnt offering that stood before the door or entrance of the tabernacle.
The setting is the rearing up of the movable wilderness tabernacle on the first day of the first month, Abib 1, in the second year after Israel departed from Egypt. This followed deliverance from Pharaoh and the crossing of the Red Sea, when Moses hung the last curtain upon the court gate. Its parts were put in order and the furniture was placed in the holy and most holy places, with offering made on the outer altar. As soon as that court-gate hanging was in place, the cloud covered the tent of the congregation and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle, so that Moses was not able to enter into the tent. The completed sanctuary was followed by a manifestation of God's blessing and glory upon the congregation and the building, showing that He accepted the people's repentance.
The verse belongs to the worship division of Exodus, chapters 25 to 40, in the book named from the Greek meaning going out. It concerns Israel's departure from Egypt and deliverance from bitter bondage into a nation with organization, leadership, laws, and established worship. The marvelously beautiful sanctuary structure described in Exodus 25-40 was built at God's command from the free-will offerings of the children of Israel by workmen specially endowed by God. It was made exactly according to the divine pattern given to Moses in the mount, in its dimensions, material, furnishings and all, so that the temple of God was with men. This was given after Egyptian bondage had unfitted Israel to comprehend the plan of salvation and the character God required, as a great, multiple object-lesson to teach them. The tabernacle erected in the wilderness became God's dwelling place among Israel and the center of Israel's worship, which focused on the holy of holies where God's law rested beneath the mercy seat. The same pattern continued in the temple built by Solomon, where the Lord's glory filled the house.
Doctrine and Lessons
The tabernacle was built so that God could dwell among His people, and its structure and services taught spiritual truths. It was a marvelously beautiful sanctuary set forth in Exodus 25 to 40, 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. It was given after deliverance from Egyptian bondage as a great, multiple object-lesson to teach the plan of salvation and the character God required, because slavery had unfitted Israel to comprehend them. It was a type and pattern of the heavenly sanctuary where Christ ministers, and its service continued for generations with the Levitical priests ministering before the ark containing the law.
The instruction belongs to the law of Moses commanded in Horeb, set forth in Exodus 20 to 40 and Leviticus with the Ten Commandments, statutes and judgments, civil regulations, laws of conduct, health laws, ceremonial laws, moral laws, sacrifices and offerings. It belongs to the laws in which offerings, sacrifices, and types were revealed, whose shadows trace the substance of the new dispensation, and to the great laws of conduct together with the typical laws that God calls His people to remember in the last days, not the Ten-Commandment law alone. As a regulation of worship it belongs to the religious system, distinct from the civil laws given for governing the people. The purpose of that religious system differs from the role of civil government in controlling people and regulating their relations with one another.
The setting up of the tabernacle on Abib 1, when the table and showbread were also put in place with the court set up round about and its gate screen hung, does not prove that Abib 1 was the weekly Sabbath. Moses set it up before the later command to set out the showbread every Sabbath was given, so the tabernacle's setup and the showbread placed there do not prove that the day was a Sabbath. The instruction stands among commands for observances described as lasting forever or as a perpetual covenant, showing that such wording does not by itself prove an observance must continue without end.
The chapter shows Moses placing the two tables of the law in the ark and placing the ark in the Most Holy Place of the typical sanctuary. This act carried forward through the entire Old Testament period the ministration Moses began when he brought the law down from God, with the Levitical priesthood set apart to minister before that ark while the typical sanctuary continued. That ministration could only exhibit guilt and just condemnation and death to the sinful, rebellious people, showing them exposed to the just penalty of the law and containing in itself no promise of pardon. The sanctuary thus set up was sanctified for God's service and was not to be used like an ordinary house, for what God sets apart as holy is distinct from what is common.
The command was to erect the court around the whole tabernacle and hang the screen at the court gate as the finishing act that completed the court, the outer part of the sanctuary enclosed with curtains of fine twined linen around the laver and the altar of burnt offering before the entrance.
It was carried out when the movable wilderness tabernacle was reared up on Abib 1 in the second year after Israel left Egypt, its parts put in order and its furniture placed, after which the cloud covered the tent and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle so that Moses could not enter.
It belongs to the worship division of Exodus, chapters 25 to 40, for the sanctuary built at God's command from free-will offerings by divinely endowed workmen exactly after the pattern shown to Moses in the mount, that God might dwell among His people with His law beneath the mercy seat as the center of their worship.
So erected, the tabernacle taught salvation by its structure and services as an object-lesson and type and pattern of the heavenly sanctuary where Christ ministers.
It is part of the law of Moses commanded in Horeb, with the Ten Commandments, statutes, judgments, and ceremonial laws of sacrifices and offerings whose shadows point to the new dispensation, belonging to the religious system distinct from the civil laws for governing the people.
Once so set up the sanctuary was sanctified for God's service and was not to be used as a common house, while its ministration before the ark containing the law could only expose the guilt and just condemnation of sinners with in itself no promise of pardon.
Erection and Arrangement
Exodus 40:8 commands setting up the court round about the tabernacle and hanging the hanging or screen at the court gate. It belongs both to the directions for erecting the tabernacle and to the record of carrying them out as the finishing act of completing the court. The court was set up around the sanctuary and its gate was hung as directed, with its furnishings and equipment made according to God's directions.
The court was the outer part of the sanctuary arrangement, erected around the whole tabernacle. It was enclosed with curtains of fine twined linen, and its gate had a hanging. Enclosed within it were the brazen laver and the altar of burnt offering that stood before the door or entrance of the tabernacle.
The setting is the rearing up of the movable wilderness tabernacle on the first day of the first month, Abib 1, in the second year after Israel departed from Egypt. This followed deliverance from Pharaoh and the crossing of the Red Sea, when Moses hung the last curtain upon the court gate. Its parts were put in order and the furniture was placed in the holy and most holy places, with offering made on the outer altar. As soon as that court-gate hanging was in place, the cloud covered the tent of the congregation and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle, so that Moses was not able to enter into the tent. The completed sanctuary was followed by a manifestation of God's blessing and glory upon the congregation and the building, showing that He accepted the people's repentance.
The verse belongs to the worship division of Exodus, chapters 25 to 40, in the book named from the Greek meaning going out. It concerns Israel's departure from Egypt and deliverance from bitter bondage into a nation with organization, leadership, laws, and established worship. The marvelously beautiful sanctuary structure described in Exodus 25-40 was built at God's command from the free-will offerings of the children of Israel by workmen specially endowed by God. It was made exactly according to the divine pattern given to Moses in the mount, in its dimensions, material, furnishings and all, so that the temple of God was with men. This was given after Egyptian bondage had unfitted Israel to comprehend the plan of salvation and the character God required, as a great, multiple object-lesson to teach them. The tabernacle erected in the wilderness became God's dwelling place among Israel and the center of Israel's worship, which focused on the holy of holies where God's law rested beneath the mercy seat. The same pattern continued in the temple built by Solomon, where the Lord's glory filled the house.
Doctrine and Lessons
The tabernacle was built so that God could dwell among His people, and its structure and services taught spiritual truths. It was a marvelously beautiful sanctuary set forth in Exodus 25 to 40, 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. It was given after deliverance from Egyptian bondage as a great, multiple object-lesson to teach the plan of salvation and the character God required, because slavery had unfitted Israel to comprehend them. It was a type and pattern of the heavenly sanctuary where Christ ministers, and its service continued for generations with the Levitical priests ministering before the ark containing the law.
The instruction belongs to the law of Moses commanded in Horeb, set forth in Exodus 20 to 40 and Leviticus with the Ten Commandments, statutes and judgments, civil regulations, laws of conduct, health laws, ceremonial laws, moral laws, sacrifices and offerings. It belongs to the laws in which offerings, sacrifices, and types were revealed, whose shadows trace the substance of the new dispensation, and to the great laws of conduct together with the typical laws that God calls His people to remember in the last days, not the Ten-Commandment law alone. As a regulation of worship it belongs to the religious system, distinct from the civil laws given for governing the people. The purpose of that religious system differs from the role of civil government in controlling people and regulating their relations with one another.
The setting up of the tabernacle on Abib 1, when the table and showbread were also put in place with the court set up round about and its gate screen hung, does not prove that Abib 1 was the weekly Sabbath. Moses set it up before the later command to set out the showbread every Sabbath was given, so the tabernacle's setup and the showbread placed there do not prove that the day was a Sabbath. The instruction stands among commands for observances described as lasting forever or as a perpetual covenant, showing that such wording does not by itself prove an observance must continue without end.
The chapter shows Moses placing the two tables of the law in the ark and placing the ark in the Most Holy Place of the typical sanctuary. This act carried forward through the entire Old Testament period the ministration Moses began when he brought the law down from God, with the Levitical priesthood set apart to minister before that ark while the typical sanctuary continued. That ministration could only exhibit guilt and just condemnation and death to the sinful, rebellious people, showing them exposed to the just penalty of the law and containing in itself no promise of pardon. The sanctuary thus set up was sanctified for God's service and was not to be used like an ordinary house, for what God sets apart as holy is distinct from what is common.