Exodus 40:8 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

And thou shalt set up the court round about, and hang up the hanging at the court gate.

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

You must set up the courtyard all around it, and hang the curtain at the entrance to the courtyard.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

God is giving Moses detailed instructions about completing the setup of the tabernacle by installing the outer courtyard and its entrance curtain.

📚 Historical Context

This verse comes from God's final instructions to Moses about setting up the completed tabernacle in the wilderness. The Israelites had just received detailed plans for building this portable worship center, and now Moses was being told exactly how to arrange all the components. The courtyard would create a sacred boundary around the holy tabernacle, with a specific entrance that controlled access to this sacred space.

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The curtains on one side of the gate should be fifteen cubits long, with three posts and three bases to hold them up.

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For the entrance to the courtyard, make a curtain that's thirty feet wide, made of blue, purple, and scarlet fabric and fine twisted linen, decorated with embroidered designs. It should hang from four posts set in four bases.

Exodus 38:18

The curtain that served as the entrance to the courtyard was made with beautiful embroidery in blue, purple, and scarlet colors, using fine twisted linen. It was thirty feet long and seven and a half feet high, matching the other curtains around the courtyard.

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