Ezekiel 41:22

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 41:22

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 41:22

The altar of wood - This was the altar of incense, and was covered with plates of gold. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:15-26

The projecting portions of the temple building. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:18-25

The significance of the cherubim. Among the difficulties that attend this question, it seems clear that these composite forms were intended either to represent the human or the angelic, not the Divine. The idea of any artistic representation of the Divine Being in a Hebrew temple is surely quite inadmissible (see Deuteronomy 4:15-17 ). Making our choice, then, between the human and the angelic, we distinctly prefer the former, and think that the general idea is that man, when raised to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:18-25

The significance of the palm trees. The cherubim and the palm trees were closely associated; both were largely represented, and they were found in close conjunction: "a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub." Both of them pictured the righteous man in the sanctuary of God, but while the cherub signified the good man at his best bringing himself and all that he had as an offering to God, the palm tree stood for the good man as one who had been made what he was by the services of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:22

The altar. This was the altar of incense ( Exodus 30:1 , etc.), which stood in the holy place in contradistinction to the altar of burnt offering, which was located in the outer court. The altar of burnt offering in Solomon's temple was of brass ( 2 Chronicles 4:1 ), and in the tabernacle of shittim wood ( Exodus 27:1 ); the altar of incense in the tabernacle ( Exodus 30:1 ) and in Solomon's temple ( 1 Kings 7:48 ) was constructed of wood overlaid with gold, but in this temple only... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:22

The table that is before the Lord. There can be no question that by this table Ezekiel intends the altar of incense, which stood in the holy place, but which, on account of its sacredness and value, is mentioned by the author of the Epistle to the Hebrews as part of the furniture of the holy of holies. This altar in the tabernacle was of acacia wood covered with gold; that in the temple of Solomon was of cedar wood covered with the same pure and costly metal. Upon this table was burned,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 41:22

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. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 41:21-22

Ezekiel 41:21-22. The posts of the temple were squared, &c. The lintels, or door-posts, both of the temple and inner sanctuary, were not arched, but square, with a flat beam, or upper lintel, laid upon the top of the side-posts: compare the margin of 1 Kings 6:33. The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits The LXX. add, by way of explication, και το ευρος πηχων δυο , and the breadth thereof two cubits; that it might be foursquare, as Moses’s altar... read more

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