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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Outer Court canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (1)

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

Tabernacle → keyComponent → Outer Court ⓘ