John Gill's Exposition on Exodus 27:12

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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And for the breadth of the court, on the west side, etc.] On the west end, the upper end of the court, near to which reached the holy of holies: shall be hangings of fifty cubits: or twenty five yards and more, so that the court was but half as broad as it was long: their pillars ten, and their sockets ten; which was a number proportionate to the hangings, and stood at an equal distance from each other, as the pillars for the sides, at five cubits, or two yards and a half, as commonly computed.

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