Ezekiel 41:16
in Ezekiel 41as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the threshold, ceiled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows (now the windows were covered),
KJV
The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
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This verse in Ezekiel 41
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Galleries - The upper story of the side-chambers was probably built in the form of an open gallery. Over against the door - The rows of the side-chambers extended to the front of the temple, so that they were “over against” the opening, but did not extend so far as the porch. Cieled - Overlaid. Pillars, galleries, narrow windows were overlaid with wood 1Ki 6:15-16. Were covered - With wood.
This site's exposition
the building that was before the separate place
on Ezekiel 41:12-17
The building beyond the temple to the west, the separate place, and the house itself are each brought to the same round total, a hundred cubits, the vision's proportions announcing themselves in whole numbers rather than the odd fractions an actual construction project usually carries. Narrow windows, three-story galleries and walls cieled with wood round about are recorded as an eyewitness would report them, the tour continuing past the sanctuary to the buildings around it rather than stopping once the most holy place has been named. The measurements are carried as the text gives them, and the commentators divide over whether a future precinct or an ideal proportion is intended, a question the architecture itself does not settle.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verses 13 and following) And the house was measured in length a hundred cubits. And the separate building, and its walls, were also a hundred cubits in length. The width before the face of the house, and that which was separate against the East, was a hundred cubits. And the length of the building over against the face thereof, which was separated at the back, was also a hundred cubits. And there were chambers exceeding in height on either side a hundred cubits; and the inner temple, and the porches of the court.
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
The door posts and the narrow windows,....
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַסִּפִּ֡ים | hasipim | the thresholds | H5592 → | 32 times |
| וְהַחַלּוֹנִ֣ים | vehachalonim | and the windows | H2474 → | 31 times |
| הָ֠אֲטֻמוֹת | haatumot | <the> closed | H331 → | 8 times |
| וְהָאַתִּיקִ֤ים׀ | vehaatikim | and the galleries | H862 → | 5 times |
| סָבִיב֙ | saviv | [were] all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| לִשְׁלָשְׁתָּ֔ם | lishlashetam | <to> [the] three of them | H7969 → | 432 times |
| נֶ֧גֶד | neged | before | H5048 → | 151 times |
| הַסַּ֛ף | hasaf | the threshold | H5592 → | 32 times |
| שְׂחִ֥יף | sechif | paneled of | H7824 → | |
| עֵ֖ץ | ʾetz | wood | H6086 → | 328 times |
| סָבִ֣יב׀ | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| סָבִ֑יב | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ | vehaaretz | and the ground | H776 → | 2504 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | to | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הַֽחַלֹּנ֔וֹת | hachalonot | the windows | H2474 → | 31 times |
| וְהַֽחַלֹּנ֖וֹת | vehachalonot | and the windows | H2474 → | 31 times |
| מְכֻסּֽוֹת׃ | mekhusot | [were] covered | H3680 → | 152 times |
הַסִּפִּ֡יםthe thresholds
hasipimH5592 →32 times
וְהַחַלּוֹנִ֣יםand the windows
vehachalonimH2474 →31 times
הָ֠אֲטֻמוֹת<the> closed
haatumotH331 →8 times
וְהָאַתִּיקִ֤ים׀and the galleries
vehaatikimH862 →5 times
סָבִיב֙[were] all around
savivH5439 →336 times
לִשְׁלָשְׁתָּ֔ם<to> [the] three of them
lishlashetamH7969 →432 times
נֶ֧גֶדbefore
negedH5048 →151 times
הַסַּ֛ףthe threshold
hasafH5592 →32 times
שְׂחִ֥יףpaneled of
sechifH7824 →
עֵ֖ץwood
ʾetzH6086 →328 times
סָבִ֣יב׀all around
savivH5439 →336 times
סָבִ֑יבall around
savivH5439 →336 times
וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙and the ground
vehaaretzH776 →2504 times
עַד־to
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
הַֽחַלֹּנ֔וֹתthe windows
hachalonotH2474 →31 times
וְהַֽחַלֹּנ֖וֹתand the windows
vehachalonotH2474 →31 times
מְכֻסּֽוֹת׃[were] covered
mekhusotH3680 →152 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 6:4He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 40:16
The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 40:16
Through
Isaiah 6:4At the sound of their voices the doorposts and thresholds shook, and the temple was filled with smoke.
it leads to
- Revelation 15:8
And the temple was filled with smoke from the glory of God and from His power; and no one could enter the temple until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.
- 2 Chronicles 5:13
The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He…
- 1 Kings 8:10–12
And when the priests came out of the Holy Place, the cloud filled the house of the LORD
- Exodus 40:34
Then the cloud covered the Tent of Meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
- Revelation 15:8
Through
Ezekiel 40:16The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm…
it leads to
- Ezekiel 41:26
There were beveled windows and palm trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Kings 6:4
He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.
- 2 Chronicles 3:5
He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
- Ezekiel 41:26
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.