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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Label Occurrences
Outer Court canonical 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical place
component of the Tabernacle
accessPoint gate of the court
accessRestrictedTo Israelites
approachSequence first area entered before Holy Place
associatedWithFigure Moses
associatedWithTribe tribe of Levi
linked to: Tribe of Levi
category sanctuary court
constructionCommandedBy Yahweh
linked to: Elohim
constructionMediatedThrough Moses
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
linked to: Tanakh
materialOfHangings fine twined linen
orientation entrance on the east side
partOf Tabernacle
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
Exodus 38
Leviticus 1
Leviticus 8
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
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