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In biblical times, the concept of a "court" can refer to several different entities, including the physical spaces within the tabernacle or temple, the judicial assemblies of Israel, and the royal courts of kings. Each of these contexts provides insight into the religious, legal, and social structures of ancient Israel.

1. Court of the Tabernacle and Temple:

The term "court" often refers to the designated areas within the tabernacle and later the temple in Jerusalem. These courts were integral to the worship practices of the Israelites. The tabernacle, as described in Exodus, had an outer court where the altar of burnt offering was located (Exodus 27:9-19). This area was accessible to the Israelites for bringing their sacrifices.

The temple built by Solomon expanded on this concept with multiple courts. The "inner court" or "court of the priests" was where the priests performed their duties, including offering sacrifices (2 Chronicles 4:9). The "outer court" was accessible to the general populace for worship and prayer (2 Chronicles 6:12-13). The courts of the temple were central to the religious life of Israel, serving as places of sacrifice, prayer, and assembly.

2. Judicial Courts:

The judicial system in ancient Israel was established to maintain justice and order according to the laws given by God. Moses, following the advice of his father-in-law Jethro, appointed judges to handle disputes among the people (Exodus 18:13-26). These judges operated in a court-like setting, providing rulings based on the Law of Moses.

Deuteronomy 16:18-20 instructs the Israelites to appoint judges and officials in every town, emphasizing the importance of justice: "Appoint judges and officials for each of your tribes in every town the LORD your God is giving you, and they shall judge the people fairly. Do not pervert justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the innocent."

The Sanhedrin, during the Second Temple period, was the supreme judicial body in Israel, functioning as a court for both religious and civil matters. It is mentioned in the New Testament in the context of the trials of Jesus (Matthew 26:59) and the apostles (Acts 5:27).

3. Royal Courts:

The royal courts of Israel and Judah were the centers of political power and decision-making. These courts were not only the residences of the kings but also the places where official matters were conducted. The court of King Solomon is particularly noted for its wisdom and splendor. Solomon's court was renowned for its administration of justice, as exemplified in the famous account of the two women who came to him with a dispute over a child (1 Kings 3:16-28).

The royal courts also played a role in the narratives of the prophets, who often confronted kings and their courts with messages from God. For example, the prophet Nathan confronted King David in his court regarding his sin with Bathsheba (2 Samuel 12:1-14).

4. Symbolic and Eschatological References:

In addition to their historical and practical roles, courts in the Bible also carry symbolic and eschatological significance. The court is often a metaphor for divine judgment, where God is depicted as the ultimate judge.Psalm 82:1 states, "God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods."

In the New Testament, the concept of a heavenly court is evident in the book of Revelation, where scenes of judgment and worship unfold before the throne of God (Revelation 4:1-11).

Overall, the concept of "court" in the Bible encompasses a range of meanings, from physical spaces of worship and justice to symbolic representations of divine authority and judgment.

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Court

(Heb.chatser), an open enclosure surrounded by buildings, applied in the Authorized Version most commonly to the enclosures of the tabernacle and the temple. (Exodus 27:9;40:33;Leviticus 6:16;1 Kings 6:36;7:8;2 Kings 23:12;2 Chronicles 33:5) etc.

ATS Bible Dictionary

Court

An enclosed space or yard within the limits of an oriental house,2 Samuel 17:18. For the courts of the temple, seeTEMPLE. The tabernacle also had a court. All oriental houses are built in the form of a hollow spare around a court. SeeHOUSE.

Easton's Bible Dictionary

The enclosure of the tabernacle (Exodus 27:9-19;40:8), of the temple (1 Kings 6:36), of a prison (Nehemiah 3:25), of a private house (2 Samuel 17:18), and of a king's palace (2 Kings 20:4).

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

2. (n.) The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.

3. (n.) The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in authority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.

4. (n.) Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court.

5. (n.) Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.

6. (n.) The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered.

7. (n.) The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes.

8. (n.) A tribunal established for the administration of justice.

9. (n.) The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.

10. (n.) The session of a judicial assembly.

11. (n.) Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.

12. (n.) A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court.

13. (v. t.) To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.

14. (v. t.) To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.

15. (v. t.) To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.

16. (v. t.) To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.

17. (v. i.) To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

COURT OF THE SANCTUARY; TABERNACLE; TEMPLE

kort, sank'-tu-a-ri: By "court" (chatser) is meant a clear space enclosed by curtains or walls, or surrounded by buildings. It was always an uncovered enclosure, but might have within its area one or more edifices.

1. The Tabernacle:

The first occurrence of the word is inExodus 27:9, where it is commanded to "make the court of the tabernacle." The dimensions for this follow in the directions for the length of the linen curtains which were to enclose it. From these we learn that the perimeter of the court was 300 cubits, and that it consisted of two squares, each 75 ft., lying East and West of one another. In the westerly square stood the tabernacle, while in that to the East was the altar of burnt offering. This was the worshipper's square, and every Hebrew who passed through the entrance gate had immediate access to the altar (compare W. Robertson Smith, note onExodus 20:26, Smith, The Old Testament in the Jewish Church, 435). The admission to this scene of the national solemnities was by the great east gate described inExodus 27:13-16 (see EAST GATE).

2. Solomon's Temple:

The fundamental conception out of which grew the resolve to build a temple for the worship of Yahweh was that the new structure was to be an enlarged duplicate in stone of the tent of meeting (see TEMPLE). The doubling in size of the holy chambers was accompanied by a doubling of the enclosed area upon which the holy house was to stand. Hitherto a rectangular oblong figure of 150 ft. in length and 75 ft. in breadth had sufficed for the needs of the people in their worship. Now an area of 300 ft. in length and 150 ft. in breadth was enclosed within heavy stone walls, making, as before, two squares, each of 150 ft. This was that "court of the priests" spoken of in2 Chronicles 4:9, known to its builders as "the inner court" (1 Kings 6:36; compareJeremiah 36:10). Its walls consisted of "three courses of hewn stone, and a course of cedar beams" (1 Kings 6:36), into which some read the meaning of colonnades. Its two divisions may have been marked by some fence. The innermost division, accessible only to the priests, was the site of the new temple. In the easterly division stood the altar of sacrifice; into this the Hebrew laity had access for worship at the altar. Later incidental allusions imply the existence of "chambers" in the court, and also the accessibility of the laity (compareJeremiah 35:4;Jeremiah 36:10 Ezekiel 8:16).

3. The Great Court:

In distinction from this "inner" court a second or "outer" court was built by Solomon, spoken of by the Chronicler as "the great court" (2 Chronicles 4:9). Its doors were overlaid with brass (bronze). Wide difference of opinion obtains as to the relation of this outer court to the inner court just described, and to the rest of the Solomonic buildings-particularly to "the great court" of "the house of the forest of Lebanon" of1 Kings 7:9, 10. Some identify the two, others separate them. Did this court, with its brass-covered gates, extend still farther to the East than the temple "inner" court, with, however, the same breadth as the latter? Or was it, as Keil thinks, a much larger enclosure, surrounding the whole temple area, extending perhaps 150 cubits eastward in front of the priests' court (compare Keil, Biblical Archaeology, I, 171, English translation)? Yet more radical is the view, adopted by many modern authorities, which regards "the great court" as a vast enclosure surrounding the temple and the whole complex of buildings described in1 Kings 7:1-12 (see the plan, after Stade, in G. A. Smith's Jerusalem, II, 59). In the absence of conclusive data the question must be left undetermined.

4. Ezekiel's Temple:

In Ezekiel's plan of the temple yet to be built, the lines of the temple courts as he had known them in Jerusalem are followed. Two squares enclosed in stone walling, each of 150 ft., lie North and South of one another, and bear the distinctive names, "the inner court" and "the outer court" (Ezekiel 8:16;Ezekiel 10:5).

5. Temple of Herod:

In the Herodian temple the old nomenclature gives place to a new set of terms. The extensive enclosure known later as "the court of the Gentiles" does not appear under that name in the New Testament or in Josephus What we have in the tract Middoth of the Mishna and in Josephus is the mention of two courts, the "court of the priests" and "the court of Israel" (Middoth, ii0.6; v. 1; Josephus, BJ, V, v, 6). The data in regard to both are difficult and conflicting. In Middoth they appear as long narrow strips of 11 cubits in breadth extending at right angles to the temple and the altar across the enclosure-the "court of Israel" being railed off from the "court of the priests" on the East; the latter extending backward as far as the altar, which has a distinct measurement. The design was to prevent the too near approach of the lay Israelite to the altar. Josephus makes the 11 cubits of the "court of Israel" extend round the whole "court of the priests," inclusive of altar and temple (see TEMPLE; and compare G. A. Smith, Jerusalem, II, 506-9, with the reconstruction of Waterhouse in Sacred Sites of the Gospels, 111). For the "women's court," see TREASURY.

Many expressions in the Psalms show how great was the attachment of the devout-minded Hebrew in all ages to those courts of the Lord's house where he was accustomed to worship (e.g.Psalm 65:4;Psalm 84:2;Psalm 92:13;Psalm 96:8; 100:04:00;Psalm 116:19). The courts were the scene of many historical events in the Old Testament and New Testament, and of much of the earthly ministry of Jesus. There was enacted the scene described in the parable of the Pharisee and Publican (Luke 18:10-14).

W. Shaw Caldecott

COURT

kort.

SeeHOUSE.

COURT OF THE GENTILES

SeeTEMPLE (HEROD'S).

COURT OF THE SABBATH

SeeCOVERED WAY.

GENTILES, COURT OF THE

SeeTEMPLE.

SABBATH, COURT OF THE

SeeCOVERED WAY.

Greek

833. aule -- a courtyard, acourt
... a courtyard, acourt. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: aule Phonetic
Spelling: (ow-lay') Short Definition:court-yard, fore-court, palace, house...

2922. kriterion -- a lawcourt
... a lawcourt. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: kriterion Phonetic Spelling:
(kree-tay'-ree-on) Short Definition: criterion, a law-court Definition...

698. Areopagites -- a judge of thecourt of Areopagus
... a judge of thecourt of Areopagus. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration:
Areopagites Phonetic Spelling: (ar-eh-op-ag-ee'-tace) Short Definition...

4233. praktor -- one who does or accomplishes
... 4233 -- properly, a finance agent; "a bailiff or constable" working in acourt
in antiquity (); "an officer (usher) of thecourt" (Souter)....

933. basileion -- a palace
... Word Origin from basileios Definition a palace NASB Word Usage royal palaces
(1). king'scourt. Neuter of basileios; a palace -- king'scourt....

627. apologia -- a speech in defense
... Transliteration: apologia Phonetic Spelling: (ap-ol-og-ee'-ah) Short Definition:
a verbal defense Definition: a verbal defense (particularly in a lawcourt)....

4824. sumboulion -- counsel, by impl. a council
... sumboulion Phonetic Spelling: (soom-boo'-lee-on) Short Definition: a council, advice
Definition: (a) a body of advisers (assessors) in acourt, a council, (b...

1413. dunastes -- a ruler, a potentate
... doo-nas'-tace) Short Definition: a ruler, potentate Definition: (lit: a man who
rules by force), a ruler, potentate; also: courtier, member of thecourt....

201. akroaterion -- place of audience, or listening
... Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: akroaterion Phonetic Spelling: (ak-ro-at-ay'-
ree-on) Short Definition: auditorium, recitation hall,court room Definition...

2919. krino -- to judge, decide
... Transliteration: krino Phonetic Spelling: (kree'-no) Short Definition: I judge,
decide, think good Definition: (a) I judge, whether in a law-court or privately...

Strong's Hebrew

2691a. chatser -- enclosure,court
... 2691, 2691a. chatser. 2691b . enclosure,court. Transliteration: chatser
Short Definition:court. Word Origin from an unused word...

2691. chatser -- enclosure,court
... 2690, 2691. chatser. 2691a . enclosure,court. Transliteration: chatser Phonetic
Spelling: (khaw-tsare') Short Definition:court.court, tower, village...

5371. Nergal Sharetser -- a Bab.court official
... Nergal Sharetser. 5372 . a Bab.court official. Transliteration: Nergal Sharetser
Phonetic Spelling: (nare-gal' shar-eh'-tser) Short Definition: Nergal-sar-ezer...

1178. Baal Chatsor -- "possessor of acourt," a city between...
... "possessor of acourt," a city between Ephraim and Benjamin. Transliteration: Baal
Chatsor Phonetic Spelling: (bah'-al khaw-tsore') Short Definition: Baal-hazor...

5835. azarah -- probably enclosure
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition probably enclosure NASB Word
Usagecourt (3),court* (1), ledge (6).court, settle. From...

2681. chatsir -- a settled abode, haunt
...court. A collateral form of chatser; acourt or abode --court. see HEBREW
chatser. 2680, 2681. chatsir. 2682 . Strong's Numbers.

5631. saris -- eunuch
... Word Origin probably of foreign origin Definition eunuch NASB Word Usagecourt officers
(1),court officials (1), eunuch (5), eunuchs (10), officer (5...

1780. din -- judgment
... 1779, 1780. din. 1781 . judgment. Transliteration: din Phonetic Spelling:
(deen) Short Definition:court. Word Origin (Aramaic) from...

8651. tera -- gate, door
... 8650, 8651. tera. 8652 . gate, door. Transliteration: tera Phonetic Spelling:
(ter-ah') Short Definition:court. Word Origin (Aramaic...

1004. bayith -- a house
... 1), within (3).court, door, dungeon, family, forth of, great as would contain,
hangings,. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house...

Library

TheCourt Itself.
... A Chorographical Century Chapters 31-40 Chapter 33 TheCourt itself. "The
floor of the whole sacred earth was not level, but rising...

TheCourt of the Gentiles. The Mountain of the House, in the...
... A Chorographical Century. Chapters 21-30 Chapter 28 TheCourt of the Gentiles.
The Mountain of the House, in the Rabbins. In the...

Chel. TheCourt of the Women.
... A Chorographical Century. Chapters 21-30 Chapter 29 Chel. TheCourt of the Women.
TheCourt of the Gentiles compassed the Temple and the courts on every side....

In theCourt of Babylon
... In the Lands of the Heathen Chapter 39 In theCourt of Babylon. [This chapter
is based on Daniel 1..] Among the children of Israel...

It is the FinalCourt of Appeal.
... Chapter Fourteen Application of the Argument II. It Is the FinalCourt of
Appeal. It is not a question of what I think, or of what...

In the OuterCourt
... The DESIRE of AGES Chapter 68 In the OuterCourt. [This chapter is based
on John 12:20-43.] And there were certain Greeks among them...

Description of the InnerCourt, the Arcades and Porches.
... Book III. Chapter XXXIX."Description of the InnerCourt, the Arcades and
Porches. In the next place he enclosed the atrium which...

Before Annas and theCourt of Caiaphas
... The DESIRE of AGES Chapter 75 Before Annas and theCourt of Caiaphas. [This
chapter is based on Matt.26:57-75; 27:1; Mark 14:53-72...

Jesus Led Back from theCourt of Herod to that of Pilate.
... CHAPTER XXI. Jesus led back from theCourt of Herod to that of Pilate. The
enemies of Jesus were perfectly infuriated at being obliged...

AtCourt
... Chapter 8 ATCOURT.... He went toCourt in the old cassock in which he went about
his daily work, and which was probably the only one he had....

Thesaurus

Court (172 Occurrences)
... 4. (n.) Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold acourt....
Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia.COURT OF THE SANCTUARY; TABERNACLE; TEMPLE....

Court-gate (4 Occurrences)
Court-gate. Courtesy,Court-gate. Courtier . Multi-Version
ConcordanceCourt-gate (4 Occurrences). Exodus 38:15 And...

Palace-court (2 Occurrences)
Palace-court. Palace, Palace-court. Palace-garden . Multi-Version
Concordance Palace-court (2 Occurrences). Matthew...

Outer-court (1 Occurrence)
Outer-court. Outer, Outer-court. Outermost . Multi-Version
Concordance Outer-court (1 Occurrence). Ezekiel 42:7 As to...

Inner-court (1 Occurrence)
Inner-court. Inner-chambers, Inner-court. Inner-house .
Multi-Version Concordance Inner-court (1 Occurrence). Esther...

Pegs (22 Occurrences)
... (YLT). Exodus 27:17 All the pillars of thecourt round about 'are' filleted 'with'
silver, their pegs 'are' silver, and their sockets brass. (YLT)....

Screen (26 Occurrences)
... Exodus 27:16 For the gate of thecourt shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue,
and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer...

Pins (12 Occurrences)
... Exodus 27:19 All the instruments of the tabernacle in all its service, and all
its pins, and all the pins of thecourt, shall be of brass....

Appeal (30 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary A reference of any case from an inferior to a superior
court.... We say, the cause was appealed from an inferiorcourt....

Finely (27 Occurrences)
... Exodus 27:9 And thou shalt make thecourt of the tabernacle: for the south side
southward there shall be hangings for thecourt of fine twined linen a hundred...

Resources

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Concordance

Court (172 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:21
"You have heard that it was said to the ancient ones,'You shall not murder;' and'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger of the judgment.'
(See NAS)

Matthew 5:22
But I tell you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother,' Raca!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say,'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehenna.
(See NAS)

Matthew 5:25
Come to terms without delay with your opponent while you are yet with him on the way to thecourt; for fear he should obtain judgement from the magistrate against you, and the magistrate should give you in custody to the officer and you be thrown into prison.
(WEY RSV NIV)

Matthew 26:3
Then the chief priests, the scribes, and the elders of the people were gathered together in thecourt of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas.
(WEB WEY ASV YLT NAS)

Matthew 26:58
But Peter followed him from a distance, to thecourt of the high priest, and entered in and sat with the officers, to see the end.
(WEB WEY ASV YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 26:69
Now Peter was sitting outside in thecourt, and a maid came to him, saying, "You were also with Jesus, the Galilean!"
(WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 6:21
At length Herodias found her opportunity. Herod on his birthday gave a banquet to the nobles of hiscourt and to the tribunes and the principal people in Galilee,
(WEY RSV)

Mark 14:54
Peter had followed him from a distance, until he came into thecourt of the high priest. He was sitting with the officers, and warming himself in the light of the fire.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 14:66
As Peter was in the courtyard below, one of the maids of the high priest came,
(Root in WEB ASV DBY NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 14:68
But he denied it, and said, "I don't know--I don't understand--What do you mean?" And then he went out into the outercourt. Just then a cock crowed.
(WEY)

Mark 15:16
The soldiers led him away within thecourt, which is the Praetorium; and they called together the whole cohort.
(WEB WEY ASV DBY)

Luke 11:21
When the strong 'man' fully armed guardeth his owncourt, his goods are in peace:
(ASV)

Luke 12:58
For when, with your opponent, you are going before the magistrate, on the way take pains to get out of his power; for fear that, if he should drag you before the judge, the judge may hand you over to the officer of thecourt, and the officer lodge you in prison.
(WEY)

Luke 22:55
When they had kindled a fire in the middle of the courtyard, and had sat down together, Peter sat among them.
(Root in WEB WEY ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

John 4:46
So He came once more to Cana in Galilee, where He had made the water into wine. Now there was a certain officer of the King'scourt whose son was ill at Capernaum.
(WEY DBY YLT)

John 8:3
and was teaching them when the Scribes and the Pharisees brought to Him a woman who had been found committing adultery. They made her stand in the centre of thecourt, and they put the case to Him.
(WEY NAS)

John 8:9
They listened to Him, and then, beginning with the eldest, took their departure, one by one, till all were gone. And Jesus was left behind alone--and the woman in the centre of thecourt.
(WEY NAS)

John 18:15
Simon Peter followed Jesus, as did another disciple. Now that disciple was known to the high priest, and entered in with Jesus into thecourt of the high priest;
(WEB WEY ASV NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 4:21
TheCourt added further threats and then let them go, being quite unable to find any way of punishing them on account of the people, because all gave God the glory for the thing that had happened.
(WEY)

Acts 5:34
But a Pharisee of the name of Gamaliel, a teacher of the Law, held in honour by all the people, rose from his seat and requested that they should be sent outside thecourt for a few minutes.
(WEY)

Acts 8:27
He arose and went; and behold, there was a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, who had come to Jerusalem to worship.
(See NAS)

Acts 18:12
But when Gallio became Proconsul of Greece, the Jews with one accord made a dead set at Paul, and brought him before thecourt.
(WEY NIV)

Acts 18:16
So he ordered them out ofcourt.
(WEY NIV)

Acts 18:17
Then the people all set upon Sosthenes, the Warden of the synagogue, and beat him severely in front of thecourt. Gallio did not concern himself in the least about this.
(WEY NIV)

Acts 19:38
If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.
(Root in WEB ASV DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Acts 25:6
When he had stayed among them more than ten days, he went down to Caesarea, and on the next day he sat on the judgment seat, and commanded Paul to be brought.
(See NIV)

Acts 25:10
But Paul said, "I am standing before Caesar's judgment seat, where I ought to be tried. I have done no wrong to the Jews, as you also know very well.
(See NIV)

Acts 25:17
When therefore they had come together here, I didn't delay, but on the next day sat on the judgment seat, and commanded the man to be brought.
(See NIV)

1 Corinthians 4:3
But with me it is a very small thing that I should be judged by you, or by man's judgment. Yes, I don't judge my own self.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

1 Corinthians 6:2
Do you not know that God's people will sit in judgement upon the world? And if you are thecourt before which the world is to be judged, are you unfit to deal with these petty matters?
(WEY NAS)

Galatians 4:17
These men paycourt to you, but not with honourable motives. They want to exclude you, so that you may pay court to them.
(WEY)

James 2:3
and you paycourt to the one who wears the fine clothes, and say, "Sit here; this is a good place;" while to the poor man you say, "Stand there, or sit on the floor at my feet;"
(WEY)

James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor man. Don't the rich oppress you, and personally drag you before the courts?
(Root in WEB WEY NAS RSV NIV)

Revelation 11:2
Leave out thecourt which is outside of the temple, and don't measure it, for it has been given to the nations. They will tread the holy city under foot for forty-two months.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Genesis 50:4
When the days of weeping for him were past, Joseph spoke to the house of Pharaoh, saying, "If now I have found favor in your eyes, please speak in the ears of Pharaoh, saying,
(See NIV)

Genesis 50:7
Joseph went up to bury his father; and with him went up all the servants of Pharaoh, the elders of his house, all the elders of the land of Egypt,
(See NIV)

Exodus 21:22
"If men fight and hurt a pregnant woman so that she gives birth prematurely, and yet no harm follows, he shall be surely fined as much as the woman's husband demands and the judges allow.
(See NIV)

Exodus 23:2
"You shall not follow a crowd to do evil; neither shall you testify incourt to side with a multitude to pervert justice;
(WEB)

Exodus 27:9
"You shall make thecourt of the tabernacle: for the south side southward there shall be hangings for the court of fine twined linen one hundred cubits long for one side:
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 27:12
For the breadth of thecourt on the west side shall be hangings of fifty cubits; their pillars ten, and their sockets ten.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 27:13
The breadth of thecourt on the east side eastward shall be fifty cubits.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 27:16
For the gate of thecourt shall be a screen of twenty cubits, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, the work of the embroiderer; their pillars four, and their sockets four.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 27:17
All the pillars of thecourt around shall be filleted with silver; their hooks of silver, and their sockets of brass.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 27:18
The length of thecourt shall be one hundred cubits, and the breadth fifty every where, and the height five cubits, of fine twined linen, and their sockets of brass.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 27:19
All the instruments of the tabernacle in all its service, and all its pins, and all the pins of thecourt, shall be of brass.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 35:17
the hangings of thecourt, its pillars, their sockets, and the screen for the gate of the court;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Exodus 35:18
the pins of the tabernacle, the pins of thecourt, and their cords;
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Exodus 38:9
He made thecourt: for the south side southward the hangings of the court were of fine twined linen, one hundred cubits;
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Exodus 38:15
and so for the other side: on this hand and that hand by the gate of thecourt were hangings of fifteen cubits; their pillars three, and their sockets three.
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Exodus 38:16
All the hangings around thecourt were of fine twined linen.
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Exodus 38:17
The sockets for the pillars were of brass. The hooks of the pillars and their fillets were of silver; and the overlaying of their capitals, of silver; and all the pillars of thecourt were filleted with silver.
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Exodus 38:18
The screen for the gate of thecourt was the work of the embroiderer, of blue, purple, scarlet, and fine twined linen. Twenty cubits was the length, and the height in the breadth was five cubits, like to the hangings of the court.
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Exodus 38:20
All the pins of the tabernacle, and around thecourt, were of brass.
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Exodus 38:31
the sockets around thecourt, the sockets of the gate of the court, all the pins of the tabernacle, and all the pins around the court.
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Exodus 39:40
the hangings of thecourt, its pillars, its sockets, the screen for the gate of the court, its cords, its pins, all the instruments of the service of the tabernacle, for the Tent of Meeting,
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Exodus 40:8
You shall set up thecourt around it, and hang up the screen of the gate of the court.
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Exodus 40:33
He raised up thecourt around the tabernacle and the altar, and set up the screen of the gate of the court. So Moses finished the work.
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Leviticus 6:16
That which is left of it Aaron and his sons shall eat. It shall be eaten without yeast in a holy place. They shall eat it in thecourt of the Tent of Meeting
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Leviticus 6:26
The priest who offers it for sin shall eat it. It shall be eaten in a holy place, in thecourt of the Tent of Meeting.
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Numbers 3:26
and the hangings of thecourt, and the screen for the door of the court, which is by the tabernacle, and around the altar, and its cords for all of its service.
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Numbers 3:37
the pillars of thecourt around it, their sockets, their pins, and their cords.
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Numbers 4:26
and the hangings of thecourt, and the screen for the door of the gate of the court, which is by the tabernacle and around the altar, and their cords, and all the instruments of their service, and whatever shall be done with them. Therein shall they serve.
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Numbers 4:32
and the pillars of thecourt around it, and their sockets, and their pins, and their cords, with all their instruments, and with all their service: and by name you shall appoint the instruments of the duty of their burden.
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Deuteronomy 25:1
If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;
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Judges 4:5
And she sat under the palm-tree of Deborah between Ramah and Beth-el in the hill-country of Ephraim; and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
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Ruth 4:10
Moreover Ruth the Moabitess, the wife of Mahlon, I have purchased to be my wife, to raise up the name of the dead on his inheritance, that the name of the dead not be cut off from among his brothers, and from the gate of his place. You are witnesses this day."
(See NAS)

Ruth 4:11
All the people who were in the gate, and the elders, said, "We are witnesses. May Yahweh make the woman who has come into your house like Rachel and like Leah, which two built the house of Israel; and treat you worthily in Ephrathah, and be famous in Bethlehem.
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2 Samuel 17:18
But a boy saw them, and told Absalom. Then they both went away quickly, and came to the house of a man in Bahurim, who had a well in hiscourt; and they went down there.
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1 Kings 3:15
Solomon awoke; and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, and offered up burnt offerings, offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
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1 Kings 6:36
He built the innercourt with three courses of cut stone, and a course of cedar beams.
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1 Kings 7:8
His house where he was to dwell, the othercourt within the porch, was of the like work. He made also a house for Pharaoh's daughter (whom Solomon had taken as wife), like this porch.
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1 Kings 7:9
All these were of costly stones, even of cut stone, according to measure, sawed with saws, inside and outside, even from the foundation to the coping, and so on the outside to the greatcourt.
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1 Kings 7:12
The greatcourt around had three courses of cut stone, and a course of cedar beams; like as the inner court of the house of Yahweh, and the porch of the house.
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1 Kings 8:64
The same day did the king make the middle of thecourt holy that was before the house of Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar that was before Yahweh was too little to receive the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat of the peace offerings.
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2 Kings 20:4
And it came to pass, afore Isaiah was gone out into the middlecourt, that the word of the LORD came to him, saying,
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2 Kings 23:11
He took away the horses that the kings of Judah had given to the sun, at the entrance of the house of Yahweh, by the chamber of Nathan Melech the officer, who was in thecourt; and he burned the chariots of the sun with fire.
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1 Chronicles 26:18
For Parbar westward, four at the causeway, and two at Parbar.
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2 Chronicles 4:9
Furthermore he made thecourt of the priests, and the great court, and doors for the court, and overlaid the doors of them with brass.
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2 Chronicles 6:13
(for Solomon had made a bronze scaffold, five cubits long, and five cubits broad, and three cubits high, and had set it in the midst of thecourt; and on it he stood, and kneeled down on his knees before all the assembly of Israel, and spread forth his hands toward heaven;)
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2 Chronicles 7:7
Moreover Solomon made the middle of thecourt holy that was before the house of Yahweh; for there he offered the burnt offerings, and the fat of the peace offerings, because the bronze altar which Solomon had made was not able to receive the burnt offering, and the meal offering, and the fat.
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2 Chronicles 20:5
Jehoshaphat stood in the assembly of Judah and Jerusalem, in the house of Yahweh, before the newcourt;
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2 Chronicles 24:21
They conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king in thecourt of the house of Yahweh.
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2 Chronicles 29:16
The priests went in to the inner part of the house of Yahweh, to cleanse it, and brought out all the uncleanness that they found in the temple of Yahweh into thecourt of the house of Yahweh. The Levites took it, to carry it out abroad to the brook Kidron.
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Nehemiah 3:25
Palal the son of Uzai repaired over against the turning of the wall, and the tower that stands out from the upper house of the king, which is by thecourt of the guard. After him Pedaiah the son of Parosh repaired
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Esther 1:5
When these days were fulfilled, the king made a seven day feast for all the people who were present in Shushan the palace, both great and small, in thecourt of the garden of the king's palace.
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Esther 2:11
Mordecai walked every day in front of thecourt of the women's house, to find out how Esther did, and what would become of her.
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Esther 4:11
"All the king's servants, and the people of the king's provinces, know, that whoever, whether man or woman, comes to the king into the innercourt without being called, there is one law for him, that he be put to death, except those to whom the king might hold out the golden scepter, that he may live. I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days."
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Esther 5:1
Now it happened on the third day that Esther put on her royal clothing, and stood in the innercourt of the king's house, next to the king's house. The king sat on his royal throne in the royal house, next to the entrance of the house.
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Esther 5:2
When the king saw Esther the queen standing in thecourt, she obtained favor in his sight; and the king held out to Esther the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther came near, and touched the top of the scepter.
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Esther 6:4
The king said, "Who is in thecourt?" Now Haman had come into the outer court of the king's house, to speak to the king about hanging Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
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Esther 6:5
The king's servants said to him, "Behold, Haman stands in thecourt." The king said, "Let him come in."
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Job 5:4
His children are far from safety. They are crushed in the gate. Neither is there any to deliver them,
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Job 9:32
For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, that we should come together in judgment.
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Job 11:10
If he passes by, or confines, or convenes acourt, then who can oppose him?
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Job 11:19
Also you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. Yes, many shallcourt your favor.
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Job 31:21
If I have waved at the fatherless my hand, When I see in 'him' the gate of mycourt,
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Psalms 45:12
And the daughter of Tyre with a gift, the rich ones among the people, shallcourt thy favour.
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Proverbs 19:6
Manycourt the favour of a noble; and every one is friend to a man that giveth.
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Proverbs 22:22
Don't exploit the poor, because he is poor; and don't crush the needy incourt;
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Proverbs 25:8
Don't be hasty in bringing charges tocourt. What will you do in the end when your neighbor shames you?
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Subtopics

Court

Court of the Gentiles