width by one hundred fifty feet in length (see Exodus 27:18). The Tabernacle, determined from scriptural data, measured approximately eighteen feet in width by forty-five feet in length (see Exodus 26:15–25). Therefore, the total area of the court was over twelve times larger than the Tabernacle. The court’s expansive size takes on strong symbolic meaning once we progress into our Temple treasures. The gate was on the east end of the court. Therefore the gate received the first rays of the rising