Ezekiel 41:16-26

Interior Wooden Structures

16 the thresholds, the beveled windows, and the balconies all around with their three levels opposite the threshold-were overlaid with wood on all sides.^[a] [They were paneled] from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered),

17 reaching to the top of the entrance, and as far as the inner temple and on the outside. On every wall all around, on the inside and outside, was a pattern

18 carved with cherubim and palm trees.^[b] There was a palm tree between each pair of cherubim. Each cherub had two faces:

19 a human face turned toward the palm tree on one side, and a lion's face turned toward it on the other. They were carved throughout the temple on all sides.

20 Cherubim and palm trees were carved from the ground to the top of the entrance and on the wall of the great hall.

21 The doorposts of the great hall were square,^[c] and the front of the sanctuary had the same appearance.

22 The altar was^[d] made of wood, five and a quarter feet^[e] high and three and a half feet^[f] long.^[g] It had corners, and its length^[h] and sides were of wood. The man told me, "This is the table that stands before the Lord."^[i]

23 The great hall and the sanctuary each had a double door,

24 and each of the doors had two swinging panels.^[j] There were two panels for one door and two for the other.

25 Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the doors of the great hall like those carved on the walls.^[k] There was a wooden canopy^[l][m]outside, in front of the portico.

26 There were beveled windows and palm trees on both sides, on the sidewalls of the portico, the side rooms of the temple, and the canopies.^[n]

Ezekiel 41:16-26 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.

Footnotes

• [a]. 1 Kg 6:15
• [b]. 1 Kg 6:29
• [c]. 1 Kg 6:33
• [d]. Or and in front of the sanctuary was something that looked like Verse 22: an altar
• [e]. Lit three cubits
• [f]. Lit two cubits
• [g]. LXX reads long and three and a half feet wide
• [h]. LXX reads base
• [i]. Ezk 44:16; Ex 25:23
• [j]. 1 Kg 6:34
• [k]. 1 Kg 6:35
• [l]. Hb obscure
• [m]. 1 Kg 7:6
• [n]. Hb obscure