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John Trapp Complete Commentary

Exodus 27:9

And thou shalt make the court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward [there shall be] hangings for the court [of] fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side:

Ver. 9. The court of the tabernacle.] This outer court signified the visible Church, where hypocrites also come to the external worships. Doeg may set his foot as far as David.

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See also Exodus 27:9 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Exodus 27:9. _THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE_] The tabernacle stood in an enclosure or court, open at the top. This court was made with pillars or posts, and hangings. It was _one hundred cubits_,...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE - (Compare Exodus 38:9) Exodus 27:9 THE SOUTH SIDE SOUTHWARD - The south side on the right. See Exodus 26:18....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 27 THE TABERNACLE CONCLUDED _ 1. The altar of brass (Exodus 27:1)_ 2. The court of the tabernacle (Exodus 27:9) 3. The oil for the lamp (Exodus 27:20) The brazen altar stood at the door of...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    EXODUS 27. P. ALTAR AND OUTER COURT (_cf. Exodus 38:1_, Exodus 38:9). In strongest contrast to Exodus 20:24, with its sanction of many altars, rudely made of earth or rough stone blocks, we find instr...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TABERNACLE. Hebrew. _mishkan._ See App-40. SOUTH SIDE SOUTHWARD. Figure of speech _Polyptoton._ App-6. SIDE. Hebrew. _pe'ah,_ quarter or region....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the south side southward_ see on Exodus 26:18. _fine twined linen_ see on Exodus 25:4....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND THOU SHALT MAKE THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE— The _tabernacle,_ when formed, was to be surrounded by a kind of open _court,_ which was to be circumscribed by _hangings_ of plain _fine linen,_ suppo...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THE TEXT OF EXODUS TRANSLATION 27 And thou shalt make the altar of acacia wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three cubits. (2...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _AND THOU SHALT MAKE THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE: FOR THE SOUTH SIDE SOUTHWARD THERE SHALL BE HANGINGS FOR THE COURT OF FINE TWINED LINEN OF AN HUNDRED CUBITS LONG FOR ONE SIDE:_ The court of the tab...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE ALTAR OF BURNT OFFERING. THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE. THE OIL FOR THE LAMPS 1-8. Altar of Burnt Offering. This is a hollow chest of acacia wood overlaid with bronze, and stands within the court,...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    EXODUS: *ISRAEL BECOMES A NATION GOD’S INSTRUCTIONS TO MOSES EXODUS CHAPTER S 19 TO 40 _HILDA BRIGHT AND KITTY PRIDE_ CHAPTER 27 THE *ALTAR WHERE THE PRIESTS BURNT THE ANIMALS THAT THE *ISRAELIT...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FOR THE SOUTH SIDE SOUTHWARD. — Rather, _for the south side upon the right._ (See Note on Exodus 26:18.) HANGINGS. — The word used is new and rare. It is rendered ίστία, “sails,” by the LXX., and seem...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE. (9-18) Almost every ancient temple stood within a sacred enclosure, which isolated it from the common working world, and rendered its religious character more distinctly a...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ עָשִׂ֕יתָ אֵ֖ת חֲצַ֣ר הַ מִּשְׁכָּ֑ן לִ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XXVII. _ THE OUTER COURT._ Exodus 27:1 Before describing the tabernacle, its furniture was specified. And so, when giving instructions for the court of the tabernacle, the altar has to be de...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE ALTAR AND THE COURT Exodus 27:1 The brazen altar is dealt with long before any particular mention is made of the altar of incense, because the question of our relationship with God, through the d...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here we have the account of the court surrounding the Tabernacle and the Tent and here again the description begins from the inside. First, the brazen altar is described. It symbolized devotion on the...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    And thou shalt make the (c) court of the tabernacle: for the south side southward [there shall be] hangings for the court [of] fine twined linen of an hundred cubits long for one side: (c) This was t...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Court. This inclosed the tabernacle, and the altar of holocausts, being 50 yards long and 25 broad. At the bottom, or western end, there were ten pillars, and on the north and south 20, ornamented in...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Observe the dimensions of this court, about 50 yards long and 25 broad. How small for the reception of worshippers! Blessed be God under the gospel dispensation, it is extended beyond all limits. Mala...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    "In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai." Up to this point all the dealings of God have been the...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    9._And thou shalt make the court. _There were two courts divided from the sanctuary, one for the priests, the other common to the whole people. To the first chambers were annexed, in which the Levites...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    In the court God meets the world (I do not speak of the world itself through which we walk: [1] this was the desert); but it is where those coming up out of the world draw near to God, where His peopl...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THOU SHALL MAKE THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE: FOR THE SOUTH SIDE SOUTHWARD,.... This was a large court yard to the house of God, or tabernacle, which stood in it at the upper end of it; it was encl...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Thou shalt make the court_ Such a place as we call a _court- yard_, uncovered above, but enclosed with pillars and hangings of fine linen. This court, according to common computation, was fifty yards...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 The Altar of burnt offering, with the vessels thereof. 9 The Court of the Tabernacle inclosed with hangings and pillars. 18 The measure of the Court. 20 The oile for the lampe. 1 AND thou shalt...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And thou shalt make the court of the Tabernacle, an enclosed yard to mark the space set aside for formal worship; FOR THE SOUTH SIDE SOUTHWARD THERE SHALL BE HANGINGS FOR THE COURT OF FINE TWINED LINE...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    H. THE VISION OR THE IDEAL OF THE TABERNACLE. THE ORDERING OF THE ARK AND OF THE HOUSE OF THE COVENANT; OF THE LIVING PRESENCE OF THE LAW AND OF THE DWELLING-PLACE OF THE LAW-GIVER Exodus 25-31 I. C...

  • Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures

    4. _The Tent, or the Dwelling itself_. Exodus 26:1-30 I. The Component Parts of the Tent as to Form. _a_. The tent itself. (1) Ten curtains of byssus each 28 cubits long, and 4 cubits wide. (2) Fift...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    THE BRAZEN (OR COPPER) ALTAR (vs.1-8) On entering the courtyard, one would stand immediately before the brazen altar. Then the laver stood between the altar and the tabernacle entrance. This altar (o...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 Levite...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    A court encompassing the tabernacle, EXODUS 40:33, in the midst whereof the altar of sacrifices was placed, upon which the offerings were burnt in the open air, which was most convenient. By the HANGI...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    We have now arrived at the brazen altar which stood at the door of the tabernacle; and I would call my reader's most particular attention to the order of the Holy Ghost in this portion of our book. We...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Exodus 27:9 make H6213 (H8804) court H2691 tabernacle H4908 south H5045 side H6285 H8486 hangings H7

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    FINE TWINED LINEN The fine linen commonly typifies personal righteousness (Exodus 26:1) ref. (d), and in the hangings of the court stands for that measure of righteousness which God demands of any wh...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Directions about the brazen altar and the court. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Aaron. CONCLUSION: Sinful man dare not approach God (at the ark) Hebrews 9:8; but God approaches man as a sinner th...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Exodus 27:1. _Make an altar._ The altar, says a living author before mentioned, seems to have been intended only for the present purpose, until further orders were given; and especially for those sacr...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The court of the Tabernacle._ THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE I. This court may be an emblem of that sacred enclosure which always surrounds the Church. “A garden enclosed is my sister, my spouse.” God...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    EXODUS—NOTE ON EXODUS 27:9 The COURT OF THE TABERNACLE (see Exodus 38:9) encloses the tabernacle and the bronze basin and altar of burnt offering (see...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH.— Exodus 27:9_ THE COURT OF THE TABERNACLE This scene, into which all the members of the house of Israel might enter, reminds us— I. OF THE COMMON NEED. It was the...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION THE COURT BEFORE THE TABERNACLE. The description of the altar is (as already observed) naturally followed by that of the court which was to contain it, and in which it was to be the most co...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now on the outside they were to make a court, which would be seventy-five feet wide, and a hundred and fifty feet long, with curtains around it seven and a half feet high. So that you have this outer...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    the courts Exodus 38:9 Exodus 40:8 1 Kings 6:36 1 Kings 8:64 2 Chroni

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Before the tabernacle there was to be a court, enclosed with hangings of fine linen. This court, according to the common computation, was 50 yards long, and 25 broad. Pillars were set up at convenient...

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