37 He made a screen for the door of the tent, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of an embroiderer;
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Hanging for the - door - See Clarke on Exodus 26:36 (note), etc.
And he made an (i) hanging for the tabernacle door [of] blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, of needlework;
(i) Which was between the court and the sanctuary.
made an hanging for the . . . door--Curtains of elaborately wrought needlework are often suspended over the entrance to tents of the great nomad sheiks, and throughout Persia, at the entrance of summer tents, mosques, and palaces. They are preferred as cooler and more elegant than wooden doors. This chapter contains an instructive narrative: it is the first instance of donations made for the worship of God, given from the wages of the people's sufferings and toils. They were acceptable to God (Philippians 4:18), and if the Israelites showed such liberality, how much more should those whose privilege it is to live under the Christian dispensation (1-Corinthians 6:20; 1-Corinthians 16:2).
An hanging - Which divided the holy place from the court.
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