EXODUS 27:18 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“The length of the court shall be an hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.”
The courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide, with curtains of finely twisted linen five cubits high, and with bronze bases. The summary dimensions of the courtyard — 100 cubits by 50 cubits — and the height of its curtains — 5 cubits — establish the complete envelope of the sacred space. The 5-cubit curtain height screens the worship from the outside while allowing the top of the tabernacle tent to be visible above the courtyard boundary. Anyone in the camp can see the upper portion of the tabernacle rising above the courtyard walls, with the cloud above it. The presence of God is visible from the camp: the cloud that marks the divine presence rises above the curtain boundary that marks the sacred space.
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