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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Exodus 27 This chapter treats of the altar of burnt offering, and of all things relative to it, Exodus 27:1, of the court of the tabernacle, its hangings on each side, with pillars, sockets, and hooks for them, Exodus 27:9 and it is concluded with an order to the Israelites to bring oil olive for the lamp of the sanctuary, Exodus 27:20.
John Gill
And for the breadth of the court, on the west side,.... On the west end, the upper end of the court, near to which reached the holy of holies: shall be hangings of fifty cubits: or twenty five yards and more, so that the court was but half as broad as it was long: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; which was a number proportionate to the hangings, and stood at an equal distance from each...
Matthew Henry
In this chapter directions are given, I. Concerning the brazen altar for burnt-offerings, ver. 1-8. II. Concerning the court of the tabernacle, with the hangings of it, ver. 9-19. III. Concerning oil for the lamp, ver. 20, 21. The Tabernacle and Its Furniture. (b. c. 1491.) 1 And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and...