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G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 41:1-26

Passing to the Temple proper, the prophet portrayed it first from the outside, describing the actual Temple, with its Holy Place, and Holy of Holies, then the side chambers; and, finally, another separate building, ending with the general dimensions of the inner court, the house buildings, and the separate building. This was followed by a description of the woodwork within, and its ornamentation. The technicalities are difficult to follow, but it is clear that the general effect of the... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:1-26

The Measuring of the Temple (Ezekiel 40:5 to Ezekiel 42:20 ). There follows now the measuring in detail of the temple and the temple area, and we may ask what is the purpose of these detailed measurements? In actual fact they were very important for they confirmed the reality of the invisible temple and its purpose. While a visionary temple, it was nevertheless firmly grounded in reality. The measuring made clear to the people a number of facts which they needed to learn. Firstly it stressed... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:15-26

The Temple Decorations and Furnishings (Ezekiel 41:15-26 ). The walls of the sanctuary were all panelled with wood and decorated with palm trees and cherubim, the latter having two faces, representing both man and beast. Thus the whole of creation was celebrated in the decorations. read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:23-24

‘And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors, and the doors had two leaves each, two turning leaves, two leaves for the one door and two leaves for the other.’ There were two doors in both the entrance to the holy place and the entrance to the holy of holies, and each of those doors divided in two so that they could be turned back on themselves. Thus it was possible to enter by just opening one half of a door leaving a small gap to pass through. This was to preserve the holiness of these... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:15-26

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... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Ezekiel 41:23

Each had one door, so there were two doors, and they were folding doors, or two-leaved doors. read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Ezekiel 41:1-26

THE TEMPLE AND ITS ORNAMENTS (Chap, 41)EXEGETICAL NOTES.—Ezekiel 41:1. “The temple”—the holy place, the Temple proper, as distinguished from the porch, described in chap. Ezekiel 40:48-49, and from the Holy of Holies (1 Kings 6:17; 1 Kings 7:50). “Which was the breadth of the tabernacle.” Which was is not in the original, and should be omitted. As in the measurement of the porch the angel had pointed to Solomon’s Temple, so here in the edifice itself he points to the old Tabernacle. Worship is... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:1-26

Chapter 41So in chapter 41 he continues to describe the temple and the posts and all.He measured ( Ezekiel 41:4 )In verse Ezekiel 41:4 you get into the temple house itself and to the holy place, which was,twenty cubits, before the temple: This is the most holy place ( Ezekiel 41:4 ).The temple house itself is twenty cubits by forty cubits, which would be about forty by eighty feet, which was a fairly good size room in itself.And he describes in verses Ezekiel 41:18 , and Ezekiel 41:19 the... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 41:1-26

Ezekiel 41:1 . He brought me to the temple the tabernacle. See the note on 1 Samuel 3:0. We now enter on the measurements of the temple. The prophet begins at the centre, by describing the Holy of holies. See then, oh my soul, that thou also begin there. Ezekiel 41:3 . The door six cubits high, and its breadth seven cubits, or three cubits and a half for each leaf. Dr. Lightfoot quotes Kimchi as saying that the cubit by which the temple was measured was six hand-breadths. Ezekiel 41:4... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 41:23

Eze 41:23 And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. Ver. 23. Had two doors. ] Understand hereby the means of grace, and ministers dispensing the same, whereby souls are brought home to Christ. read more

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