THE COURTYARD

“Here is how you are to make the courtyard of the tabernacle…”
Exodus 27:9a

On the south side, facing southward, tapestries for the courtyard were to be made of finely woven linen, a total of 150 feet for one side. These tapestries were to be supported on twenty posts laid in twenty bronze sockets and attached to silver rings. The same was to be done on the north side as was listed for the south side. Spanning the width on the west side was to be tapestries measuring seventy-five feet long, hung within ten posts, while the east side mirrored the same. The only difference was that instead f seventy-five feet of tapestry, the unit would be divided into a section of twenty-two-and-a-half feet on three posts, with the other side also of twenty-two-and-a-half. This allowed an entrance into the courtyard. The entrance, or gateway, came with specifications as well. The gateway was to be a screen made thirty feet of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn and finely woven linen. This screen would rest on four sockets and posts. Lastly, it was informed to Moshe by Adonai that all the equipment was to be made of bronze when its duty was for service within the tabernacle. As long as these rules and dimensions were followed as named by Adonai, the Isra’elites were walking in Adonai’s blessing and obedience.

Exodus 27:9-19