Ezekiel 41:17-26

17 over the entrance, and to the inner house, and on the outside, and on all the wall all around inside and outside, by measurement.

18 It was carved with ¹cherubim and ²palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces,

19 a ³man's face toward the palm tree on one side and a young ⁴lion's face toward the palm tree on the other side; they were carved on all the house all around.

20 From the ground to above * the entrance ⁵cherubim and ⁶palm trees were carved, as well as on the wall of the nave.

21 The ⁷doorposts of the ⁸nave were square; as for the front of the sanctuary, the appearance of one doorpost was like that of the other.

22 The ⁹altar was of wood, three cubits high and its length two cubits; its corners, its base and its sides were of wood. And he said to me, "This is the ¹⁰table that is before the LORD."

23 The ¹¹nave and the ¹²sanctuary each had a double ¹³door.

24 Each of the doors had two leaves, two ¹⁴swinging leaves; two leaves for one door and two leaves for the other.

25 Also there were carved on them, on the doors of the nave, ¹⁵cherubim and ¹⁶palm trees like those carved on the walls; and there was a ¹⁷threshold of wood on the front of the porch outside *.

26 There were ¹⁸latticed windows and ¹⁹palm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the ²⁰porch; thus were the ²¹side chambers of the house and the thresholds.

Ezekiel 41:17-26 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. 1 Kin 6:29, 32, 35; 1 Kings 7:36; Ezekiel 41:20, 25
• 2. 2 Chronicles 3:5; Ezekiel 40:16
• 3. Ezekiel 1:10; Ezekiel 10:14
• 4. Ezekiel 1:10; Ezekiel 10:14
• 5. Ezekiel 41:18
• 6. Ezekiel 41:18
• 7. 1 Kings 6:33; Ezek 40:9, 14, 16; Ezekiel 41:1
• 8. Ezekiel 41:1
• 9. Exodus 30:1-3; 1 Kings 6:20; Revelation 8:3
• 10. Exodus 25:23, 30; Leviticus 24:6; Ezekiel 23:41; Ezekiel 44:16; Malachi 1:7, 12
• 11. Ezekiel 41:1
• 12. Ezekiel 41:4
• 13. 1 Kings 6:31-35
• 14. 1 Kings 6:34
• 15. Ezekiel 41:18
• 16. Ezekiel 41:18
• 17. Ezekiel 41:16
• 18. Ezekiel 41:16
• 19. Ezekiel 40:16
• 20. Ezekiel 40:9, 48
• 21. Ezekiel 41:5

Footnotes

• [a]. Lit "made"
• [b]. Lit "made"
• [c]. Lit "made"
• [d]. Lit "length"
• [e]. Lit "walls"
• [f]. Or "turning"
• [g]. Lit "made"
• [h]. Lit "made"
• [i]. Or "canopy of wood over"
• [j]. Or "framed"
• [k]. Or "canopies"