And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needlework: and their pillars shall be four, and their sockets four.
The court was a fence of finest linen, set upon pillars of brass and silver, the church enclosed and distinguished from the world, held steady by the support of pillars, and clothed in the righteousness of saints. Yet David longed for those courts, for they held but a handful of worshippers. But now the gospel has torn down the wall; God wills that men pray everywhere, and Christ's name opens the door to all.
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Commenting on Exodus 27:9-19
The gate curtain was far richer than the rest, blue, purple, scarlet, and fine linen, worked with the needle, because it figures Christ Himself, the door into the church and toward the holy place. In it shine the graces of the Spirit, His blood, His sufferings, and His death.
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And for the gate of the court - It appears that the hangings of this gate were of the same materials and workmanship with that of the inner covering of the tabernacle, and the outer and inner veil. See Exo 26:36.