Exodus 38:20

And all the pins of the tabernacle, and of the court round about, were of brass.

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Interpretation

The walls of the court being of curtains only, intimated that the state of the Jewish church itself was movable and changeable; and in due time to be taken down and folded up, when the place of the tent should be enlarged, and its cords lengthened, to make room for the Gentile world.

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This thought runs through Exodus 38:16-20.

Exodus 38:16 Exodus 38:17 Exodus 38:18 Exodus 38:19 Exodus 38:20

Glossary

Tabernacle Object: (1. ) A house or dwelling-place ( Job 5:24 ; 18:6 , etc. ). (2. ) A portable shrine (comp. Acts 19:24 ) containing the image of Moloch ( Amos 5:26 ; marg. and R. V., “Siccuth”). (3. ) The human body.