Exodus 27:16

“And for the gate of the court shall be an hanging of twenty cubits, etc.] Which, with the fifteen on each side, make the fifty cubits, the breadth of the court eastward, (<022713>Exodus 27:13), this hanging was better than the rest, much finer and richer; for it was of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, wrought with needle work: and was of the same as the hangings for the door of the holy place, (<022636>Exodus 26:36) this was a figure of Christ, and of the graces of the Spirit in him, and of his bloodshed, sufferings, and death; who is the door into the church, and to the ordinances of it, and leads on to the holy place, and even to the holy of holies, (see <431009>John…”

“The court of the tabernacle - (Compare Exodus 38:9-20) Exodus 27:9 The south side southward - The south side on the right. See Exodus 26:18. Exodus 27:10 Sockets - Bases. See Exodus 26:19. Fillets - Rather, Connecting rods; curtain-rods of silver connecting the heads of the pillars. The hangings were attached to the pillars by the silver hooks; but the length of the space between the pillars would render it most probable that they were also in some way fastened to these rods. Exodus 27:13 The east side eastward - On the front side eastward. Exodus 27:16 An hanging - An entrance curtain, which, unlike the hangings at the sides and back of the court, could be drawn up, or aside, at pleasure.…”

“27:16 The curtain shielding the entry to the courtyard was similar in color and workmanship to the entry curtain and the dividing curtain of the Tabernacle (26:31, 36).”

“of blue: Exo 26:31, Exo 26:36 needlework: Exo 28:39, Exo 36:37, Exo 39:29; Jdg 5:30; Psa 45:14 Exodus 27:18”