The Court of the Tabernacle

9 And he maketh the court; at the south side southward, the hangings of the court of twined linen, a hundred by the cubit, 10 their pillars 'are' twenty, and their brazen sockets twenty, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets 'are' silver; 11 and at the north side, a hundred by the cubit, their pillars 'are' twenty, and their sockets of brass twenty; the pegs of the pillars and their fillets 'are' silver; 12 and at the west side 'are' hangings, fifty by the cubit; their pillars 'are' ten, and their sockets ten; the pegs of the pillars and their fillets 'are' silver; 13 and at the east side eastward fifty cubits. 14 The hangings on the side 'are' fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three, 15 and at the second side at the gate of the court, on this and on that, 'are' hangings, fifteen cubits, their pillars three, and their sockets three; 16 all the hangings of the court round about 'are' of twined linen, 17 and the sockets for the pillars of brass, the pegs of the pillars and their fillets of silver, and the overlaying of their tops of silver, and all the pillars of the court are filleted with silver. 18 And the covering of the gate of the court 'is' the work of an embroiderer, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined linen; and twenty cubits 'is' the length, and the height with the breadth five cubits, over-against the hangings of the court; 19 and their pillars 'are' four, and their sockets of brass four, their pegs 'are' of silver, and the overlaying of their tops and their fillets 'are' of silver; 20 and all the pins for the tabernacle, and for the court round about, 'are' of brass.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Exodus 38:9-20

Commentary on Exodus 38:9-20

(Read Exodus 38:9-20)

The walls of the court being of curtains only, intimated that the state of the Jewish church itself was movable and changeable; 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.