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- THE OUTER COURT
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- The outer court was an inclosed space about the tabernacle one hundred
- cubits long by fifty cubits wide. Inclosing this space was a peculiarly con-
- structed fence. Its framework consisted of pillars of shittim wood, five cu-
- bits high (Exodus 27:18). The bottom of the pillars were held in place by a
- "socket," or plate of copper (A.V. "brass"), evidently laid flat upon the
- ground. The socket had a hole to receive the pillar.
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- The pillars were kept upright by cords (Exodus 35:18) fastened to pins
- of copper (27:19) driven into the ground. The "fillets" were curtain rods hung
- upon hooks near the upper end of the pillars, and served as the top rail of a
- fence, to keep the pillars at a proper distance apart. The fillets were of
- shittim wood, covered with silver, while the hooks and the caps which protected
- the tops of the pillars were of the same metal (38:17,19). Hooks were also
- placed at the bottom of the pillars, by which the lower edge of the curtain
- was fastened. The pillars, when set up and braced by the fillets and stay
- ropes, formed the complete framework of a fence. Upon this was hung sheets of
- "fine twined linen." The sheets were five cubits wide, the same as the height
- of the pillars, but as the pillars rested upon sockets, the curtain would be
- kept off from the ground.
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