under the Law Covenant were mere shadows compared to the marvelous light revealed in the Son. The gate is referred to in these terms: • the gate of the court (Exodus 27:16) • the court gate (Exodus 38:15) • the door of the gate of the court (Numbers 4:26) • the curtain for the door of the court (Numbers 3:26, KJV) Quite simply, the gate was the way into the court, and the court was the way into the Tabernacle, which consisted of the Holy Place and the Holy of Holies. Symbolically, then, the gate