CHAPTER XLI _In this chapter the prophet gives us a circumstantial account_ _of the measures, parts, chambers, and ornaments of the temple_, 1-26. NOTES ON CHAP. XLI Verse Ezekiel 41:1. _TO THE TEMPLE_] He had first described the courts and the porch. See Ezekiel 40:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 41:2. _THE BREADTH OF THE DOOR_] This was the door, or gate, of the sanctuary, (see _gates_, 3, in the plan,) Ezekiel 48:35, and this _doorway_ was filled up with folding gates. The measurements are exactly the same as those of Solomon's temple. See 1 Kings 6:2; 1 Kings 6:17.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 41:4. _THE LENGTH THEREOF, TWENTY CUBITS_] This is the measurement of the sanctuary, or holy of holies. See G in the plan. Ezekiel 48:35. This also was the exact measurement of Solomon's temple, see 1 Kings 6:20. This, and the other resemblances here, sufficiently prove that Ezekiel's... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 41:6. _THE SIDE CHAMBERS WERE THREE_] We find by _Joseph_. Antiq. viii. 3, 2, that round Solomon's temple were chambers _three_ stories high, each story consisting of _thirty_ chambers. It is supposed that _twelve_ were placed to the _north_ of the temple, _twelve_ to the _south_, and... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 41:7. _AN ENLARGING, AND A WINDING ABOUT_] Perhaps a winding staircase that-widened upward as the inner wall decreased in thickness; this wall being six cubits thick; as high as the first story, five from the floor of the second story to that of the third, and four from the floor to th... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 41:9. _THE THICKNESS OF THE WALL_] See LLL in the plan. Ezekiel 48:35. _THE PLACE OF THE SIDE CHAMBERS_] A walk, or gallery of communication along the chambers, _five_ cubits broad, Ezekiel 41:11.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 41:11. _AND THE DOORS_] See the plan, _aa. bb_. Ezekiel 48:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 41:12. _THE LENGTH THEREOF NINETY CUBITS._] The temple, with the buildings which surrounded it, was _eighty-one_ cubits long; add _ten_ cubits for the vestibule, or _five_ for the breadth of the separate place, and _five_ for its wall; in all, _ninety_ cubits. See the plan, LHIL. Ezeki... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 41:13. _SO HE MEASURED THE HOUSE_] The temple, taken from the wall which encompassed it from the western side to the vestibule, was _one hundred and one_ cubits; _five_ for the separate place, _nine_ for the wall and the chambers attached to the temple, _sixty_ for the sanctuary and th... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 41:14. _THE BREADTH OF THE FACE OF THE HOUSE_] That is, the front. See the plan, FRR. Ezekiel 48:35.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 41:18. _A PALM TREE WAS BETWEEN A CHERUB AND A CHERUB_] That is, the palm trees and the cherubs were alternated; and each cherub had two faces, one of a _lion_, and the other of a _man_; one of which was turned to the palm tree on the right, the other to the palm tree on the left.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 41:20. _FROM THE GROUND UNTO ABOVE THE DOOR_] The temple was _thirty_ cubits high, 1 Kings 6:2, the gate was _fourteen_ cubits, Ezekiel 40:48. The _palm trees_ and the _cherubim_ were the same height as the _gate_ or _door_. The windows were above the door.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 41:22. _THE ALTAR OF WOOD_] This was the altar of incense, and was covered with plates of gold.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Ezekiel 41:25. THERE WERE _THICK PLANKS_] The wood, or planks, were thick and strong; for the cherubim and palm trees were carved in _relief_, out of their substance, and unless they had been of considerable thickness, this could not have been done.... [ Continue Reading ]