What is the context?
The final item in this chapter is the curtain at the tent’s entrance. It uses the same named colors and fine linen as the inner veil, but it is supported by five posts with bronze bases. The inner veil had four posts and silver bases.
This curtain marks the way from the courtyard into the tent, while the inner veil separates the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place. Keeping those locations distinct helps us follow the later arrangement of the furnishings and the different areas of service.
How is this passage commonly understood?
Wesley reads the entrance curtain as dividing the Holy Place from the courtyard. Calvin’s explanation of the chapter keeps the emphasis on carrying out God’s instructions in each part of the dwelling.
Where does this fit in God's plan?
The entrance belongs to Scripture’s larger concern with approaching God. Jesus says that people come to the Father through Him (John 14:1–7); Paul describes access to the Father through Christ by one Spirit (Ephesians 2:13–22).
These passages identify the way God brings His people near. The tent’s entrance belongs to the earlier pattern of approach; the New Testament directs our hope toward a life with the Father through His Son.
What is our position?
We don't have a position on this passage yet. When our study reaches a conclusion the text supports, it will appear here.