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Exodus 38:9-20
Then Bezalel made the courtyard, which was enclosed with curtains made of finely woven linen. On the south side the curtains were 150 feet long.They were held up by twenty posts set securely in twenty bronze bases. He hung the curtains with silver hooks and rings.He made a similar set of curtains for the north side— 150 feet of curtains held up by twenty posts set securely in bronze bases. He hung the curtains with silver hooks and rings.The curtains on the west end of the courtyard were 75 feet long, hung with silver hooks and rings and supported by ten posts set into ten bases.The east end, the front, was also 75 feet long.The courtyard entrance was on the east end, flanked by two curtains. The curtain on the right side was 22 1/2 feet long and was supported by three posts set into three bases.The curtain on the left side was also 22 1/2 feet long and was supported by three posts set into three bases.All the curtains used in the courtyard were made of finely woven linen.Each post had a bronze base, and all the hooks and rings were silver. The tops of the posts of the courtyard were overlaid with silver, and the rings to hold up the curtains were made of silver.He made the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard of finely woven linen, and he decorated it with beautiful embroidery in blue, purple, and scarlet thread. It was 30 feet long, and its height was 7 1/2 feet, just like the curtains of the courtyard walls.It was supported by four posts, each set securely in its own bronze base. The tops of the posts were overlaid with silver, and the hooks and rings were also made of silver.All the tent pegs used in the Tabernacle and courtyard were made of bronze.
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Exodus 26:31-37
“ For the inside of the Tabernacle, make a special curtain of finely woven linen. Decorate it with blue, purple, and scarlet thread and with skillfully embroidered cherubim.Hang this curtain on gold hooks attached to four posts of acacia wood. Overlay the posts with gold, and set them in four silver bases.Hang the inner curtain from clasps, and put the Ark of the Covenant in the room behind it. This curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.“ Then put the Ark’s cover— the place of atonement— on top of the Ark of the Covenant inside the Most Holy Place.Place the table outside the inner curtain on the north side of the Tabernacle, and place the lampstand across the room on the south side.“ Make another curtain for the entrance to the sacred tent. Make it of finely woven linen and embroider it with exquisite designs, using blue, purple, and scarlet thread.Craft five posts from acacia wood. Overlay them with gold, and hang the curtain from them with gold hooks. Cast five bronze bases for the posts.
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Ezekiel 40:44
Inside the inner courtyard were two rooms, one beside the north gateway, facing south, and the other beside the south gateway, facing north.
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Ezekiel 40:20
The man measured the gateway on the north just like the one on the east.
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Ezekiel 40:28
Then the man took me to the south gateway leading into the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways.
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Ezekiel 40:23
Here on the north side, just as on the east, there was another gateway leading to the Temple’s inner courtyard directly opposite this outer gateway. The distance between the two gateways was 175 feet.
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Exodus 39:40
the curtains for the walls of the courtyard; the posts and their bases; the curtain for the entrance to the courtyard; the ropes and tent pegs; all the furnishings to be used in worship at the Tabernacle;
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Ezekiel 40:14
He measured the dividing walls all along the inside of the gateway up to the entry room of the gateway; this distance was 105 feet.
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Psalms 116:19
in the house of the Lord in the heart of Jerusalem. Praise the Lord!
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Psalms 84:10
A single day in your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else! I would rather be a gatekeeper in the house of my God than live the good life in the homes of the wicked.
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2 Chronicles 33 5
He built these altars for all the powers of the heavens in both courtyards of the Lord’s Temple.
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Ezekiel 42:19-20
and the west side was also 875 feet.So the area was 875 feet on each side with a wall all around it to separate what was holy from what was common.
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1 Kings 8 64
That same day the king consecrated the central area of the courtyard in front of the Lord’s Temple. He offered burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of peace offerings there, because the bronze altar in the Lord’s presence was too small to hold all the burnt offerings, grain offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings.
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Exodus 36:17
He made fifty loops for the edge of each large curtain.
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Ezekiel 42:3
One block of rooms overlooked the 35 foot width of the inner courtyard. Another block of rooms looked out onto the pavement of the outer courtyard. The two blocks were built three levels high and stood across from each other.
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Ezekiel 40:32
Then he took me to the east gateway leading to the inner courtyard. He measured it, and it had the same measurements as the other gateways.
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Exodus 40:8
Then set up the courtyard around the outside of the tent, and hang the curtain for the courtyard entrance.
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Psalms 92:13
For they are transplanted to the Lord’s own house. They flourish in the courts of our God.
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Psalms 100:4
Enter his gates with thanksgiving; go into his courts with praise. Give thanks to him and praise his name.
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Ezekiel 46:20-24
He explained,“ This is where the priests will cook the meat from the guilt offerings and sin offerings and bake the flour from the grain offerings into bread. They will do it here to avoid carrying the sacrifices through the outer courtyard and endangering the people by transmitting holiness to them.”Then he brought me back to the outer courtyard and led me to each of its four corners. In each corner I saw an enclosure.Each of these enclosures was 70 feet long and 52 1/2 feet wide, surrounded by walls.Along the inside of these walls was a ledge of stone with fireplaces under the ledge all the way around.The man said to me,“ These are the kitchens to be used by the Temple assistants to boil the sacrifices offered by the people.”
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1 Kings 6 36
The walls of the inner courtyard were built so that there was one layer of cedar beams between every three layers of finished stone.