Ezekiel 41:1. He brought me to the temple— After having described the courts and the porch, the prophet enters into the temple, properly so called, whereof he gives the dimensions and description. read more
1. tabernacle—As in the measurement of the outer porch he had pointed to Solomon's temple, so here in the edifice itself, he points to the old tabernacle, which being eight boards in breadth (each one and a half cubits broad) would make in all twelve cubits, as here. On the interior it was only ten cubits. read more
Beyond the vestibule was the nave, the holy place. It had a doorway 6 cubits (10 feet) deep and 10 cubits (16 feet 8 inches) wide. The projecting wall on either side of this entrance, which also formed part of the wall of the vestibule and the holy place, projected inward 5 cubits (8 feet 4 inches) from the side walls of the main temple structure. The holy place was 40 cubits (66 feet 8 inches) deep and 20 cubits (33 feet 4 inches) wide. read more
The holy place and the most holy place 41:1-4 read more
The Holy Place (Ezekiel 41:1-2), Fig. 2, B. This was the ’temple’ strictly so called. The posts of its doorway were 6 cubits across (cd). The entrance was 10 cubits wide (cc, dd), and the sidewalls (id, di) were of 5 cubits each. The apartment itself was 40 cubits long and 20 cubits broad.1. Tabernacle] should probably be ’posts.’The Holy of Holies (Ezekiel 41:3-4), Fig. 2, chapter Ezekiel did not accompany the measurer into this sacred chamber. The posts of the entrance (ef) were two cubits... read more
XLI.This chapter gives the measurements and describes the ornaments of the Temple itself and its various appurtenances. (1) Six cubits broad.—These posts, as in other cases, are the parts of the wall at the sides of the entrance. There is an apparent discrepancy between this and the following verse, where “the sides of the door” are said to be “five cubits,” and the latter agrees with the whole width of the house (5 + 10 + 5 = 20.) It is necessary, therefore, to understand the measurement of... read more
Ezekiel 41:1 Neither Jesus Christ, nor Luther and Knox, when they proclaimed the downfall of a corrupt hierarchy, thought of establishing society, by way of reform, upon a secular basis. All alike treated the system they attacked as the perversion of something good and sacred, all alike substituted another Church for that which they destroyed. Our modern reformers who wish to hand over what they take from the Church to the State are of a different type. They are of those who do not understand... read more
THE SANCTUARYTHE fundamental idea of the theocracy as conceived by Ezekiel is the literal dwelling of Jehovah in the midst of His people. The Temple is in the first instance Jehovah’s palace, where He manifests His gracious presence by receiving the gifts and homage of His subjects. But the enjoyment of this privilege of access to the presence of God depends on the fulfilment of certain conditions which, in the prophet’s view, had been systematically violated in the arrangements that prevailed... read more
CHAPTER 41 1. The holy place (Ezekiel 41:1-2 ) 2. The most holy (Ezekiel 41:3-4 ) 3. The side chambers (Ezekiel 41:5-11 ) 4. The hinder buildings and the measurement (Ezekiel 41:12-14 ) 5. Description of the interior of the temple (Ezekiel 41:15-26 ) read more
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Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:1
This whole chapter details the parts, decorations, and ornaments of the Temple: the posts, the doors, the walls, the sides, the chambers, the three terraces, the stairs, the narrow windows, the palm trees, the cherubim, and the young lions, the sanctuary, the altar, the tables, etc. read more