Ezekiel 41:21-26

21 The main hall had a rectangular doorframe, and the one at the front of the Most Holy Place was similar.

22 There was a wooden altar three cubits^[a] high and two cubits square^[b] ; its corners, its base^[c] and its sides were of wood. The man said to me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”

23 Both the main hall and the Most Holy Place had double doors.

24 Each door had two leaves—two hinged leaves for each door.

25 And on the doors of the main hall were carved cherubim and palm trees like those carved on the walls, and there was a wooden overhang on the front of the portico.

26 On the sidewalls of the portico were narrow windows with palm trees carved on each side. The side rooms of the temple also had overhangs.

Ezekiel 41:21-26 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO EZEKIEL 41

In this chapter the divine and illustrious Person, the prophet's guide, brings him to the temple itself, and gives the dimensions of the posts and doors, both of the holy and the most holy place, Eze 41:1-4, then of the wall of the house, its side chambers, the winding about to them, and the doors of them, Eze 41:5-11, next of a building before the separate place, its doorposts, narrow windows, and galleries, Eze 41:12-17, after that each of the ornaments of the house are described, Eze 41:18-21, then the altar of incense, Eze 41:22, and the chapter is concluded with observing the decorations and lights on the doors, porch, and side chambers of the temple and sanctuary, Eze 41:23-26.

Cross References

• 1. ver 1
• 2. S Exodus 30:1
• 3. S Exodus 25:23; S Ezekiel 23:41; Ezekiel 44:16; Malachi 1:7,12
• 4. ver 1
• 5. 1 Kings 6:32
• 6. 1 Kings 6:34
• 7. ver 15-16; Ezekiel 40:16

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, about 5 1/4 feet or about 1.5 meters
• [b]. Septuagint; Hebrew "long"
• [c]. Septuagint; Hebrew "length"