Before the tabernacle there was to be a court or yard, enclosed with
hangings of the finest linen that was used for tents. This court,
according to the common computation of cubits, was fifty yards long,
and twenty-five broad. Pillars were set up at convenient distances, in
sockets of brass, the pillars filleted with silver, and silver
tenter-hooks in them, on which the linen hangings were fastened: the
hanging which served for the gate was finer than the rest, v. 16. This
court was a type of the church, enclosed and distinguished from the
rest of the world, the enclosure supported by pillars, denoting the
stability of the church, hung with the clean linen, which is said to be
the righteousness of saints, Rev. xix. 8. These were the courts David
longed for and coveted to reside in (Ps. lxxxiv. 2, 10), and into which
the people of God entered with praise and thanksgiving (Ps. c. 4); yet
this court would contain but a few worshippers. Thanks be to God, now,
under the gospel, the enclosure is taken down. God's will is that men
pray everywhere; and there is room for all that in every place call on
the name of Jesus Christ.