Outer Court

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The Outer Court was the open-air enclosure surrounding the Tabernacle in ancient Israelite worship, where the altar of burnt offering and the bronze laver stood and where the people gathered to present sacrifices.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical place
component of the Tabernacle
accessPoint gate of the court
accessRestrictedTo Israelites NERFINISHED
approachSequence first area entered before Holy Place
associatedWithFigure Moses NERFINISHED
associatedWithTribe tribe of Levi NERFINISHED
category sanctuary court
constructionCommandedBy Yahweh NERFINISHED
constructionMediatedThrough Moses NERFINISHED
containedStructure altar of burnt offering
bronze laver
correspondsTo court of the tabernacle of the congregation
culticStatus consecrated area
distinguishedFrom Holy Place
Most Holy Place
enclosureType open-air courtyard
era wilderness period of Israel
feature pillars with bronze sockets
silver hooks and bands
languageOfTerm English
locatedInNarrative Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED
materialOfHangings fine twined linen
orientation entrance on the east side
partOf Tabernacle NERFINISHED
portable true
priestlyRole place where priests ministered at the altar
primaryFunction gathering place for the people of Israel
place of sacrifice
religiousTradition ancient Israelite religion
scripturalReference Exodus 27 NERFINISHED
Exodus 38 NERFINISHED
Leviticus 1 NERFINISHED
Leviticus 8 NERFINISHED
separationFunction boundary between sacred space and camp of Israel
surroundedBy hangings of fine linen
symbolicMeaning place of atonement and approach to God
testament Old Testament NERFINISHED
usedFor daily offerings
festival sacrifices
peace offerings
sin offerings
worshipActivity burnt offerings
presentation of sacrifices
washing and ritual purification

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tabernacle keyComponent Outer Court