And the hangings of the court
Which formed the great open court that encompassed the
tabernacle, and was an hundred cubits long and fifty broad; (
Exodus
27:9-13 ) ;
and the curtain for the door of the court:
which was an hanging of twenty cubits, of blue, purple, scarlet,
and fine twined linen, ( Exodus 27:16
) ;
which [is] by the tabernacle, and by the altar round
about:
this refers to the court, the hangings, and curtains of the door
of it, which are spoken of; and this court surrounded the
tabernacle, and the altar which was without the tabernacle, as
Aben Ezra observes, and which was the altar of burnt offering
that stood within this court; for the particle (le) sometimes signifies "about"
F19, and the word (bybo) , "around", being joined with
it, requires this sense:
and the cords of it;
which seem to be the cords of the court, which fastened the
hangings and curtains to brass pins, or stakes fixed in the
ground to keep them tight, that the wind might not move them to
and fro; but Jarchi says, these were the cords of the tabernacle
and tent, and not of the court; and indeed the tabernacle had its
cords as well as the court, ( Exodus 38:18
) ; the cords of the court were in the charge of the Merarites, (
Numbers
3:37 ) ;
for all the service thereof:
for that part of the tabernacle and court which the Gershonites
had in their care and custody.