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Exodus 27:7-9
New Catholic Bible
Exodus 27:7-9
New Catholic Bible
7 The poles are to be placed through the rings, so that they are on either side of the altar for carrying it. 8 Make the altar with boards, hollow in the middle. It is to be made just as was shown to you on the mountain.
The Courtyard. 9 “You shall make a courtyard[a] for the tabernacle. On the south side there shall be a drape of fine twisted linen, one hundred cubits long, to form the first side.
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- Exodus 27:9 The courtyard is the sacred space around the sanctuary that was as far as the Israelites could enter; only priests were permitted beyond it and into the tabernacle space. Even the courtyard was limited in how many people could enter at one time.
