Ezekiel 41:23-24

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 41:23

And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. Or the house of propitiatory, as the Targum; that is, the most holy place; not two doors apiece, but each had one door, which made two; the door of the temple was ten cubits broad, and the door of the most holy place six cubits, Ezekiel 41:2 showing the door is wider, and more enter into the outward visible church, or less perfect state, even some bad, as well as good, than the door of the Jerusalem church state, or heavenly glory, into which... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:24

And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves ,.... Each of these doors had two leaves, which met in a middle post, and might be opened either singly or together, as occasion required; See Gill on Ezekiel 40:48 , two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door ; two for the door of the temple, and two for the door of the most holy place; or each leaf of both doors had two foldings; as there were two leaves in a door, there were two foldings in every leaf; so... 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 41:23-26

The doors of the temple and of the sanctuary form the next subject for description. Again as in the Solomonic edifice ( 1 Kings 6:31 , etc.), the holy place and the holy of holies had two doors; i.e. each had one door composed of two turning (or, folding) leaves, ornamented, like the walls of the house, with carvings of cherubim and palms. On the face of the porch without were thick planks , by which Ewald understands "foliage" or "leafwork," but which, with greater likelihood, were... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 41:23-25

See the marginal reference.Ezekiel 41:25Thick planks - Others render it: leaves in wood (and in Ezekiel 41:26). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Ezekiel 41:23-25

Ezekiel 41:23-25. And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors Each of them had a double, or folding-door. And the doors had two leaves apiece The two doors being exceedingly large, that of the outward sanctuary ten cubits broad, and that of the inner six, (see Ezekiel 41:2-3,) and of a height proportionable; each of them had two leaves, that they might be more easily opened, and each leaf had a wicket in it. And there were made on them, &c., cherubims and palm-trees Namely, on... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:1-26

The temple proper (40:48-41:26)From the inner court the way into the temple proper was up a flight of steps on the western side of the court, between two pillars at the top of the steps, and through a vestibule or entrance room (48-49). From the vestibule an entrance led into the nave or Holy Place (the outer sanctuary). From the nave a narrower entrance led into the Most Holy Place (the inner sanctuary) (41:1-4).Attached externally to the sides and rear of the temple proper were three storeys... read more

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