New American Standard Bible (©1995) Then he made the court: for the south side the hangings of the court were of fine twisted linen, one hundred cubits;GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995) He also made the courtyard. The south side of the courtyard was 150 feet long and had curtains made out of fine linen yarn, King James Bible And he made the court: on the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, an hundred cubits: Jump to Previous Occurrence Best Byssus Court Courtyard Cubit Cubits Curtains Fine Finely Hangings Hundred Linen Open Side South Southward Space Twined Twisted Jump to Next Occurrence Best Byssus Court Courtyard Cubit Cubits Curtains Fine Finely Hangings Hundred Linen Open Side South Southward Space Twined Twisted Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary Verses 9-20 The walls of the court, or church-yard, were like the rest curtains or hangings, made according to the appointment, ch. 27:9, etc. This represented the state of the Old-Testament church: it was a garden enclosed; the worshippers were then confined to a little compass. But the enclosure being of curtains only intimated that the confinement of the church in one particular nation was not to be perpetual. The dispensation itself was a tabernacle-dispensation, movable and mutable, and in due time to be taken down and folded up, when the place of the tent should be enlarged and its cords lengthened, to make room for the Gentile world, as is foretold, Isa. 54:2, 3. The church here on earth is but the court of God's house, and happy they that tread these courts and flourish in them; but through these courts we are passing to the holy place above. Blessed are those that dwell in that house of God: they well be still praising him. The enclosing of a court before the tabernacle teaches us a gradual approach to God. The priests that ministered must pass through the holy court, before they entered the holy house. Thus before solemn ordinances there ought to be the separated and enclosed court of a solemn preparation, in which we must wash our hands, and so draw near with a true heart. New American Standard Bible Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. All rights reserved. For Permission to Quote Information visit http://www.lockman.org. GOD'S WORD® is a copyrighted work of God's Word to the Nations. Quotations are used by permission. Copyright 1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All rights reserved. Alphabetical: a and court courtyard cubits curtains fine finely for had hangings he hundred linen long made Next of one side south the Then they twisted was were Bible Browser |