出埃及記27:9-19

27:9 「你要做帳幕的院子。院子的南面要用撚的細麻做帷子，長一百肘。
27:10 帷子的柱子要二十根，帶卯的銅座二十個。柱子上的鉤子和杆子都要用銀子做。
27:11 北面也當有帷子，長一百肘，帷子的柱子二十根，帶卯的銅座二十個。柱子上的鉤子和杆子都要用銀子做。
27:12 院子的西面當有帷子，寬五十肘，帷子的柱子十根，帶卯的座十個。
27:13 院子的東面要寬五十肘。
27:14 門這邊的帷子要十五肘，帷子的柱子三根，帶卯的座三個。
27:15 門那邊的帷子也要十五肘，帷子的柱子三根，帶卯的座三個。
27:16 院子的門當有簾子，長二十肘，要拿藍色、紫色、朱紅色線，和撚的細麻，用繡花的手工織成，柱子四根，帶卯的座四個。
27:17 院子四圍一切的柱子都要用銀杆連絡，柱子上的鉤子要用銀做，帶卯的座要用銅做。
27:18 院子要長一百肘，寬五十肘，高五肘，帷子要用撚的細麻做，帶卯的座要用銅做。
27:19 帳幕各樣用處的器具，並帳幕一切的橛子，和院子裡一切的橛子，都要用銅做。」

   ⁹ “Make a courtyard for the tabernacle. The south side shall be a hundred cubits^[c] long and is to have curtains of finely twisted linen, ¹⁰ with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts. ¹¹ The north side shall also be a hundred cubits long and is to have curtains, with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases and with silver hooks and bands on the posts.
¹² “The west end of the courtyard shall be fifty cubits^[d] wide and have curtains, with ten posts and ten bases. ¹³ On the east end, toward the sunrise, the courtyard shall also be fifty cubits wide. ¹⁴ Curtains fifteen cubits^[e] long are to be on one side of the entrance, with three posts and three bases, ¹⁵ and curtains fifteen cubits long are to be on the other side, with three posts and three bases.
¹⁶ “For the entrance to the courtyard, provide a curtain twenty cubits^[f] long, of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen—the work of an embroiderer—with four posts and four bases. ¹⁷ All the posts around the courtyard are to have silver bands and hooks, and bronze bases. ¹⁸ The courtyard shall be a hundred cubits long and fifty cubits wide,^[g] with curtains of finely twisted linen five cubits^[h] high, and with bronze bases. ¹⁹ All the other articles used in the service of the tabernacle, whatever their function, including all the tent pegs for it and those for the courtyard, are to be of bronze.

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    這是會眾敬拜的地方，雖然沒有靠近至聖所，卻讓敬拜的人在這裡感受到上帝的同在！

    我們不禁想起主耶穌所說，要用心靈和誠實來敬拜上帝，只要上帝喜悅就好，職分不是條件，心意才是最重要！

    當然這一切都要在基督裡，也唯有在基督裡才能蒙上帝喜悅！