The north side shall also be a hundred cubits long and is to have twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, with silver hooks and bands on the posts. The north side of the courtyard mirrors the south: the same 100-cubit length, same twenty posts, same bronze bases, same silver hooks and bands. The north-south symmetry of the courtyard walls creates a balanced enclosure around the tabernacle. The symmetry communicates something about the God who dwells within: the God who requires both eye-for-eye justice and care for the foreigner, who provides manna and requires Sabbath — the covenant of Exodus is symmetrical in its obligations and its provisions.

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