Ezekiel 41:15-23

15 He measured the length of the building to the west, including its galleries on both sides, and it was also 168 feet. The entrance room of the Temple, the Holy Place, and the Most Holy Place

16 were all paneled with wood from the floor to the windows. These windows could be covered.

17 The inside walls of the Temple, up as high as above the doors, were completely covered with carvings

18 of palm trees and winged creatures. Palm trees alternated with creatures, one following the other, all the way around the room. Each creature had two faces:

19 a human face that was turned toward the palm tree on one side, and a lion's face that was turned toward the tree on the other side. It was like this all around the wall,

20 from the floor to above the doors.

21 The doorposts of the Holy Place were square. In front of the entrance of the Most Holy Place there was something that looked like

22 a wooden altar. It was 5 feet high and 4 feet wide. Its corner posts, its base, and its sides were all made of wood. The man said to me, "This is the table which stands in the presence of the Lord."

23 There was a door at the end of the passageway to the Holy Place and one also at the end of the passageway to the Most Holy Place.

Ezekiel 41:15-23 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]. [Verse 16 in Hebrew is unclear.]
• [b]. [Verse 17 in Hebrew is unclear.]
• [c]. [Some ancient translations] base; [Hebrew] length.