Ezekiel 41:22

The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD. THIS IS THE TABLE THAT IS BEFORE THE LORD - the altar of incense (); at it, not at the table of showbread, the priests daily ministered. It stood in front of the vail and is therefore said to be "before the Lord." It is called a table, as being that at which the Lord will take delight in His people, as at a feast. Hence, its dimensions are larger than that of old: three cubits high and two broad, instead of two cubits high and one broad. It is not to be confounded with the eight "tables" outside at the north gate, which are to be altars for sacrifice of the burnt offering and sin offering ...

17-21 Daniel and his fellows kept to their religion; and God rewarded them with eminence in learning. Pious young persons should endeavour to do better than their fellows in useful things; not for the praise of man, but for the honour of the gospel, and that they may be qualified for usefulness. And it is well for a country, and for the honour of a prince, when he is able to judge who are best fitted to serve him, and prefers them on that account. Let young men steadily attend to this chapter; and let all remember that God will honour those who honour him, but those who despise him shall be lightly esteemed....

Verse Ezekiel 41:22. _THE ALTAR OF WOOD_] This was the altar of incense, and was covered with plates of gold....

THE ALTAR OF WOOD - The altar for incense (marginal reference); “altar of gold” (see 1 Kings 7:48). WALLS - The corner pieces of the altar, rising into projections called in Exodus horns, here corners. TABLE - “table and altar” were convertible terms Malachi 1:7....

EXPOSITION The present chapter continues the description of "the house," and falls into four subdivisions. (1) The interior of the temple, or the holy and most holy places (Ezekiel 41:1); (2) the wall and the side buildings (Ezekiel 41:5); (3) the _gizrah_, or separate place (Ezekiel 41:12); (4) the projecting portions of the temple building (Ezekiel 41:15). EZEKIEL 41:1 The interior of the

THE ALTAR OF WOOD WAS THREE CUBITS HIGH, AND THE LENGTH THEREOF TWO CUBITS,.... This was the altar of incense, and was typical of Christ in his intercession and mediation. It was made of "wood"; that in the tabernacle of Moses was of shittim wood, a kind of cedar; and that in Solomon's temple was of cedar, Exodus 30:1 and may signify the human nature of Christ, in which he mediates and intercedes; which is excellent as the cedars: fair and beautiful, strong, durable, and incorruptible: though its original is of the earth, as wood: or was made of a woman; of the earth, earthly; but produced without sin. This altar, both in the tabernacle and temple, was covered with gold; as it was fit it should be with some hard substance that would bear incense to be burned on it; and therefore was called the golden altar, Exodus 30:3

CHAPTER 41 _ 1. The holy place (Ezekiel 41:1) _ 2. The most holy (Ezekiel 41:3) 3. The side chambers (Ezekiel 41:5) 4. The hinder buildings and the measurement (Ezekiel 41:12) 5. Description of the interior of the temple (Ezekiel 41:15)...

The interior of the Temple was boarded or panelled no stone was to be seen the walls were carved with double-faced cherubs and palm-trees. In front of the most holy place was a small altar of wood, apparently to be identified with the table of the shew-bread (in olden times regarded as food for the God). Between the holy and the most holy place were carved doors with swinging wings. (The meaning of the words in Ezekiel 41:15 and Ezekiel 41:26 rendered galleries and thick beams is very uncertain.)...

THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah_. App-4....

The altar was 3 cubits high and 2 long. LXX. adds that it was 2 broad. _the length thereof_… of _wood_ and THE BASE thereof, a simple emendation, after LXX., cf. Exodus 26:19 _seq_. The altar had corners, probably somewhat raised, but not horns. It was wholly of wood, and is called the table which is before the Lord. The term table is applied to the altar of burnt-offering Ezekiel 44:16 (cf. Malachi 1:7; Malachi 1:12). This is quite natural, as the flesh was the bread of Jehovah (Ezekiel 44:7). Ezek. does not name any other object in the