エゼキエル書 41:16-22 JCB

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 41:12-26

Here is, 1. An account of a building that was before the separate place (that is, before the temple), at the end towards the west (Ezek. 41:12), which is here measured, and compared (Ezek. 41:13) with the measure of the house, and appears to be of equal dimensions with it. This stood in a court by itself, which is measured (Ezek. 41:15) and its galleries, or chambers belonging to it, its posts and windows, and the ornaments of them, Ezek. 41:15-17. But what use was to be made of this other... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:16

The door posts and the narrow windows ,.... Of the inner temple or holy of holies; for this is what is last mentioned; of the door posts of it, see Ezekiel 41:3 , in the holy of holies, both in Moses's tabernacle, and Solomon's temple, were no windows; Jehovah dwelt in thick darkness, 1 Kings 8:12 , but in this inner temple, or the more perfect state of the church on earth, there will be much light: these windows are said to be "narrow", that is, without, but broad within; and let in a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:17

To that above the door, even unto the inner house ,.... The meaning is, either there were such windows as before described above the door of the eastern gate, that led into the holiest of all, and even unto the inner house, or holy of holies: and without; and to all the side, chambers that were built without it: and by all the wall round about within and without ; both within the holy place, and without, in the places adjoining to it, on all sides, west, north, and south; or all were... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:18

And it was made with cherubim and palm trees ,.... That is, all the wall of the house round about was ornamented with these, even both of the holy and of the most holy place; with these the curtains of Moses's tabernacle, and the vail that divided between the holy and the most holy place, were decorated; as also the walls, both of the sanctuary and oracle, in Solomon's temple, Exodus 26:1 . The former, according to the commonly received notion, were an emblem of angels; the latter of true... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:19

So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side ,.... The cherubim in this verse are the same with the living creatures this prophet saw by the river Chebar, and which he knew to be the cherubim, Ezekiel 10:20 and the same with John's four beasts or living creatures in Revelation 4:7 and he being the last that wrote concerning them, gives the clearest account of them; and by which the best judgment may be formed about them; and from which it appears that they are men... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:20

From the ground unto above the door ,.... From the floor of the holy of holies to above the door of it to the east, where was the entrance into it; or from thence to the cieling, as the Septuagint version: "were cherubim and palm trees made"; either in rows one above another, quite up to the place mentioned; or they were made so large, that each cherub and palm tree reached from the ground to above the door, or to the cieling: and on the wall of the temple : that is, they were not only... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:21

The posts of the temple were squared ,.... Or, were "foursquare" F14 רבעה "quadratus", Montanus, Vatablus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; the two posts on each side the door, the lintel and the threshold, made a square; the posts themselves were not round, as pillars, but flat and square; and the upper part was not arched, as in some buildings, but square. Jarchi says he had heard that the posts of Solomon's temple were foursquare; but that is not certain; however, these were.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:22

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:... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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, chap. Ezekiel 40:48 . The palm trees and the cherubim were the same height as the gate or door. The windows were above the door. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 41:12-26

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:20

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