Ezekiel 41

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1He brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tent.

2The breadth of the entrance was ten cubits; and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured its length, forty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits.

3Then went he inward, and measured each post of the entrance, two cubits; and the entrance, six cubits; and the breadth of the entrance, seven cubits.

4He measured its length, twenty cubits, and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said to me, This is the most holy place.

5Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every side room, four cubits, all around the house on every side.

6The side rooms were in three stories, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which belonged to the house for the side rooms all around, that they might be supported, and not penetrate the wall of the house.

7The side rooms were wider on the higher levels, because the walls were narrower at the higher levels. Therefore the breadth of the house increased upward; and so one went up from the lowest level to the highest through the middle level.

8I saw also that the house had a raised base all around: the foundations of the side rooms were a full reed of six great cubits.

9The thickness of the wall, which was for the side rooms, on the outside, was five cubits: and that which was left was the place of the side rooms that belonged to the house.

10Between the rooms was a breadth of twenty cubits around the house on every side.

11The doors of the side rooms were toward an open area that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south. The width of the open area was five cubits all around.

12The building that was before the separate place at the side toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits.

13So he measured the house, one hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with its walls, one hundred cubits long;

14also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, one hundred cubits.

15He measured the length of the building before the separate place which was at its back, and its galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court;

16the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries around on their three stories, over against the threshold, with wood ceilings all around, and from the ground up to the windows, (now the windows were covered),

17to the space above the door, even to the inner house, and outside, and by all the wall all around inside and outside, by measure.

18It was made with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;

19so that there was the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. It was made like this through all the house all around:

20from the ground to above the door were cherubim and palm trees made: thus was the wall of the temple.

21As for the temple, the door posts were squared; and as for the face of the sanctuary, its appearance was as the appearance of the temple.

22The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and its length two cubits; and its corners, and its length, and its walls, were of wood: and he said to me, This is the table that is before Yahweh.

23The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

24The doors had two leaves each, two turning leaves: two for the one door, and two leaves for the other.

25There were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm trees, like as were made on the walls; and there was a threshold of wood on the face of the porch outside.

26There were closed windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch: thus were the side rooms of the house, and the thresholds.

Commentary

CHAPTER 41Eze 41:1-26. The Chambers and Ornaments of the Temple.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.

41:1-26 After the prophet had observed the courts, he was brought to the temple. If we attend to instructions in the plainer parts of religion, and profit by them, we shall be led further into an acquaintance with the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.

"\nAfterward he brought me to the temple,.... Having measured the porch into it, its posts, and gate. This is the body of the building, which was the "frame" of a city first shown, the principal fabric; for hitherto he had been only measuring the outward and inner courts, and their gates, and what were in them; but now he is come to the house itself, called a temple; by which not only particular Gospel churches are called, 1Co 3:16, but the Gospel church state in general, Zec 6:12, and especially as in the latter day; so the Philadelphian church state, which represents the spiritual reign of Christ, or the glory of the latter day, is called the temple of my God, Re 3:12, which will be a holy temple to the Lord where he will dwell in a gracious manner, and be worshipped in spirit and in truth; and here his glory will be seen; it will be built up of precious and costly stones, even living and lively ones; a spiritual house to offer up the spiritual sacrifices of prayer and praise: and, as in the material temple or holy place stood the candlestick and table of shewbread; here the light of the Gospel will burn clearly; and Christ the bread of life be held forth in the ordinance of the supper; where, as at a table, saints shall have intimate fellowship with him:\n\nand measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side these were the posts of the door of the temple, and stood on each side of it, on the north and south; and this was the thickness, six cubits or a reed each, three yards and a half; this was the frontispiece of the door of the palace of the King of kings:\n\nwhich was the breadth of the tabernacle; the tabernacle of Moses; that is, these posts, or this frontispiece, were as broad as the whole tabernacle of Moses was; which had eight boards in the breadth, each board being a cubit and a half, made twelve cubits, just the breadth of these two posts, Ex 26:16, this shows how far superior the Gospel church is to the old synagogue; how larger is the one, and the entrance into it wider, than the other. Some understand by "the tabernacle" the upper lintel, of the same breadth with the posts; and was in a recurve, and as a covering to the door; so the Jewish commentators, and others that follow them.\n\n\n\n "

"\nAnd the breadth of the door was ten cubits,.... The temple door: great care is taken to observe and give the dimensions of the doors and gates of various places; to put us in mind of Christ the door and gate into the church, and into fellowship with God: this was as broad again as the door of Solomon's temple; for that was but the fourth part of the wall of it, five cubits, 1Ki 6:1:\n\nand the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side; the side walls of the door, both on the north and south, were five cubits each; which, with the ten, the breadth of the door, made twenty; and is just the breadth of the temple or holy place afterwards given:\n\nand he measured the length thereof forty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits; that is, the length of the temple from east to west, and the breadth of it from north to south, were of this measure; which exactly answers to the dimensions of Solomon's temple, a figure of the Gospel church, as this; see 1Ki 6:2.\n\n\n\n "

41:3 Went he - From the porch thro' the body of the temple, to the partition between the body of the temple and the holy of holies. Measured - Either the thickness of that partition wall, or of the pilasters, which stood one on the one side, and the other on the other side of the door. Of the door - Or entrance out of the temple into the oracle. And the door - This door was six cubits broad, and an upright bar or post on which the leaves met, and which was of one cubit's breadth, make out seven cubits.

"\nThen went he inward,.... Through the temple or holy place he had measured, to the holy of holies:\n\nand measured the post of the door two cubits; this was the door into the most holy place; there was one in Solomon's temple; but in the second temple there was none; but two rails instead of it, which were rent at the death of Christ; and two cubits was the thickness of the post, on which this door was shut:\n\nand the door six cubits, and the breadth of the door seven cubits; this door was a two leaved one; each leaf consisted of three cubits broad, and the post in the middle on which they shut one cubit broad, which made seven: though some think that the side walls of the door are meant, as in Eze 41:2, which were each seven cubits; and the breadth of the door, six cubits, made twenty cubits; which was the breadth of the most holy place, as answering to the breadth of the holy place, as in the next verse.\n\n\n\n "

4. thereof—of the holy of holies.before the temple—that is, before, or in front of the most holy place (so "temple" is used in 1Ki 6:3). The angel went in and measured it, while Ezekiel stood in front, in the only part of the temple accessible to him. The dimensions of the two apartments are the same as in Solomon's temple, since being fixed originally by God, they are regarded as finally determined.

"\nSo he measured the length thereof twenty cubits,....

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AMHEVG ወደ መቅደሱም አገባኝ፥ የግንቡንም አዕማድ ወርድ በዚህ ወገን ስድስት ክንድ በዚያም ወገን ስድስት ክንድ አድርጎ ለካ። አማርኛ ENGNIV Then the man brought me to the outer sanctuary and measured the jambs; the width of the jambs was six cubits on each si… English BCV ናብታ መቕደስ ድማ ኣእተወኒ፤ ነቲ ዓምዲ እቲ መንደቕውን ኣመቶ፤ እቲ ወርዱ ኸዓ ኸም ወርዲ እታ ድንኳን፥ ሽዱሽተ እመት በዙይ፥ ሽዱሽተ እመት ከዓ በቱይ ኮነ። ትግርኛ GAZBIB Kana booddees namichi gara keessa mana qulqullummaatti ol na galchee, iddoo qulqullaa'aa sana yommuu safare, bal'inni i… Afaan Oromoo BCV GIZ ወአብአኒ ውስተ ጽርሕ ወመጠኖ ለኤላም፡ ስሱ በእመት ርኅቡ እምለፌ ወስሱ እመት ርኅቡ እምለፌ ርሕበ ደብተራ። giz GAZGAZ Kana booddees namichi gara keessa mana qulqullummaatti ol na galchee, iddoo qulqullaa'aa sana yommuu safare, bal'inni i… Afaan Oromoo BCV aksum ናብታ መቕደስ ድማ ኣእተወኒ፤ ነቲ ዓምዲ እቲ መንደቕውን ኣመቶ፤ እቲ ወርዱ ኸዓ ኸም ወርዲ እታ ድንኳን፥ ሽዱሽተ እመት በዙይ፥ ሽዱሽተ እመት ከዓ በቱይ ኮነ። ትግርኛ AMHNIV ከዚያም ወደ መቅደሱ አገባኝ፤ ዐምዶቹንም ለካ፤ የዐምዶቹም ወርድ በአንዱ በኩል ስድስት ክንድ፣ በሌላውም በኩል ስድስት ክንድ ነበር። አማርኛ