Thematic Bible: Court of


Thematic Bible



This message from the LORD came to Jeremiah a second time while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guard:


Then hemade the court. On the south side the hangings for the court were made of fine woven linen, 100 cubits long. He made their 20 pillars and their 20 sockets of bronze, while the hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver. The north side was 100 cubits long, and its 20 pillars and 20 sockets were made of bronze, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver. read more.
For the west side there were hangings 50 cubits long with their ten pillars and ten sockets. The hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver. The east side was 50 cubits long. The hangings for one section were fifteen cubits long, with their three pillars and three sockets, and also for the second section. On either side of the gate of the court were hangings of fifteen cubits long with their three pillars and three sockets. All the hangings around the court were made of fine woven linen.

"You are to make the court of the tent. On the south side there is to be hangings of fine woven linen for the court, 100 cubits long on one side. It is to have 20 pillars, with 20 bronze sockets, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands are to be made of silver. Likewise for the length of the north side there are to be hangings 100 cubits long, and it is to have 20 pillars with 20 bronze sockets, and the hooks of the pillars and their bands are to be made of silver. read more.
"The width of the court on the west side is to have hangings 50 cubits long with ten pillars and ten sockets. The width of the court on the east side is to be 50 cubits. The hangings for the one section are to be fifteen cubits long, with their three pillars and three sockets. "For the second section there are to be hangings of fifteen cubits, with their three pillars and three sockets.


The screen of the gate of the court was the work of an embroiderer of blue, purple, and scarlet material, and fine woven linen. The length was 20 cubits and it was five cubits high along its width, corresponding to the hangings of the court.

There is to be a screen of 20 cubits of blue, purple, and scarlet material and fine woven linen, the work of an embroiderer, for the gate of the court, and it is to have four pillars and four sockets.


The sockets for the pillars were made of bronze and the hooks of the pillars and their bands were made of silver. Their tops were overlaid with silver, and all the pillars of the court were banded with silver.

All the pillars around the court are to be banded with silver. Their hooks are to be made of silver and their sockets made of bronze.


He put the altar for burnt offerings at the doorway of the tent of the Tent of Meeting, and offered the burnt offering and the grain offering on it, just as the LORD had commanded him. He put the basin between the Tent of Meeting and the altar, and put water in it for washing.


The length of the court is to be 100 cubits, the width 50 cubits, and the height five cubits, with the hangings of fine woven linen, and the sockets of bronze.


All the utensils of the tent for its service, all its pegs, and all the pegs for the court are to be made of bronze."


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