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The Courtyard Fence

A wall of white linen hung on sixty pillars marked off the court of the Tabernacle. It had one gate, on the east.

Location

Around the court

Size

100 × 50 cubits

Height

5 cubits

Material

Fine linen, brass, silver

3D model of the linen courtyard fence on its pillars

Video lesson

Courtyard Fence in 3D

What the Bible says

The pattern given to Moses

King James Version

All the hangings of the court round about were of fine twined linen.

And the sockets for the pillars were of brass; the hooks of the pillars and their fillets of silver; and the overlaying of their chapiters of silver; and all the pillars of the court were filleted with silver.

And the hangings for the gate of the court were needlework, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: and twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, answerable to the hangings of the court.

And their pillars were four, and their sockets of brass four; their hooks of silver, and the overlaying of their chapiters and their fillets of silver.

And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

Exodus 38:16–20; cf. Exodus 27:9–19

Pointing to Christ

What it teaches us

The fence kept people out, and the single gate let them in. There was one way to approach God.

“I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved.” John 10:9