Ezekiel 41:14-24

14 and the breadth of the front of the house, and of the separate places toward the east, a hundred cubits.
15 And he measured the length of the building before the separate place, which was at the back of it, with its galleries on the one side and on the other side, a hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court.
16 The thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries round about the three of them (opposite the thresholds it was wainscoted with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered),
17 [and] above, over the entry, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about, within and without, [all was] by measure.
18 And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees, and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub; and the cherub had two faces:
19 the face of a man was toward the palm-tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm-tree on the other side: [so] was it made upon all the house round about.
20 From the ground unto above the entry were the cherubim and the palm-trees made, and [on] the wall of the temple.
21 As for the temple, the door-posts were squared; and the front of the sanctuary had the same appearance.
22 The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and its length two cubits; and its corners, and its length, and its walls were of wood. And he said unto me, This is the table which is before Jehovah.
23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
24 And the doors had two leaves, two turning-leaves: two for the one door, and two leaves for the other.

Ezekiel 41:14-24 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 7

  • [a]. There were necessarily two, one on each side of the house.
  • [b]. Athik, a word the sense of which is uncertain.
  • [c]. Or 'and the temple of the inner court.'
  • [d]. i.e. the three buildings in ver. 15, or the three porches of the inner court.
  • [e]. * Lit. 'closely covered,' as 'concealed,' Prov. 11.13.
  • [f]. Or 'palms.'
  • [g]. Probably 'its base.'
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