Exodus 27:16-21

16 "The entrance to the courtyard must have a 30-foot screen made from fine linen yarn, embroidered with violet, purple, and bright red yarn, [hung] on four posts [set in] four bases.
17 All the posts around the courtyard should have silver bands, silver hooks, and bronze bases.
18 The courtyard should be 150 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 7½ feet high, with [curtains] made of fine linen yarn and with bronze bases.
19 "All the things for the tent, no matter how they're used, including all the pegs for the tent and the courtyard, must be made of bronze.
20 "For the lighting, you must command the Israelites to bring you pure, virgin olive oil so that the lamps won't go out.
21 In the tent of meeting outside the canopy where the words of my promise are, Aaron and his descendants must keep the lamps lit in the LORD's presence from evening until morning. This is a permanent law among the Israelites for generations to come."

Exodus 27:16-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EXODUS 27

This chapter treats of the altar of burnt offering, and of all things relative to it, Ex 27:1-8, of the court of the tabernacle, its hangings on each side, with pillars, sockets, and hooks for them, Ex 27:9-19 and it is concluded with an order to the Israelites to bring oil olive for the lamp of the sanctuary, Ex 27:20,21.

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