Skip to content
mannafest.faith
Read

Ezekiel 41:18

in Ezekiel 41

were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces:

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees; and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;

KJV

And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;

⋯

This verse in Ezekiel 41

Commentary

7 notes on this verse
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, Exo 26:

This site's exposition

made with cherubims and palm trees

on Ezekiel 41:18-20

Every wall carries cherubims and palm trees carved alternately, a palm tree standing between each pair of cherubs, and each cherub given two faces, a man's toward the palm tree on one side and a young lion's on the other. The same pairing decorated Solomon's temple (1 Kings 6:29), and the commentators read the repeated image, a guardian creature beside a living tree, as the same Eden vocabulary this book has already used at chapter 28, the garden and its cherub recalled in the sanctuary's own wall carving. The decoration runs from the ground to above the door on every wall of the temple, ordinary joinery made to preach the presence it surrounds.

The record, by era

The Church Fathers1 voice

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Ezekiel · Written before 420.

proposed

(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 Awakening2 voices

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Cherubim - Generally taken for the portrait of angels, or young men with wings: yet is the description of them very different in different places; in Ezekiel's vision, chap. i, 5-14; x, 14, Isaiah's vision, Isaiah vi, 2, John's vision, Rev. iv, 6-8, and in Solomon's temple, 1 Kings vi, 23-26.

A commentator

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

proposed

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. Thereof - Of the holy of holies, which was an exact square.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

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.
On the symbolism of the “cherubim” see Eze 1:1 note ... Every cherub had two faces - Not as in Ezek. 1, “four faces.” Convenience of delineation upon a wall may have suggested the alteration. The cherubic devices on the curtains of the tabernacle Exo 26:1; Exo 36:8 were no doubt like the cherubim over the ark, of which we have no reason to suppose that each had “two faces.” The symbolic character here admitted of the deviation.

The words behind it

10 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וְעָשׂ֥וּיand [was] made

    veasuiH6213 →2628 times

  • כְּרוּבִ֖יםcherubim

    keruvimH3742 →91 times

  • וְתִֽמֹרִ֑יםand palm trees

    vetimorimH8561 →19 times

  • וְתִֽמֹרָה֙and a palm tree

    vetimorahH8561 →19 times

  • בֵּין־[was] between

    bein-H996 →407 times

  • כְּר֣וּבa cherub

    keruvH3742 →91 times

  • לִכְר֔וּבand a cherub

    likhruvH3742 →91 times

  • וּשְׁנַ֥יִםand two

    ushenayimH8147 →768 times

  • פָּנִ֖יםfaces

    panimH6440 →2123 times

  • לַכְּרֽוּב׃[belonged] to the cherub

    lakeruvH3742 →91 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

14 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

1 Kings 7:36He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.6 worksEzekiel 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 trees.4 worksEzekiel 10:21Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.3 works2 Chronicles 3:7He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.3 worksEzekiel 40:22Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.3 worksEzekiel 41:25Cherubim and palm trees like those on the walls were carved on the doors of the outer sanctuary, and there was a wooden canopy outside, on the front of the portico.3 works
The other 8 cross-references, with their words ▾
Ezekiel 10:14Each of the cherubim had four faces: the first face was that of a cherub, the second that of a man, the third that of a lion, and the fourth that of an eagle.2 worksEzekiel 41:20Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary from the floor to the space above the entrance.2 works1 Kings 6:35He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers; and he overlaid them with gold, hammered evenly over the carvings.2 worksRevelation 4:7–9The first living creature was like a lion, the second like a calf, the third had a face like a man, and the fourth was like an eagle in flight.2 worksEzekiel 1:10The form of their faces was that of a man, and each of the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and also the face of an eagle.2 works1 Kings 6:29–32Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.2 worksRevelation 7:9After this I looked and saw a multitude too large to count, from every nation and tribe and people and tongue, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and holding palm branches in their hands.2 works2 Chronicles 3:5He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    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…

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 6:32

      The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 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.

    • 1 Kings 6:4

      He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.

  • Through

    Ezekiel 40:22

    Its windows, portico, and palm trees had the same measurements as those of the gate facing east. Seven steps led up to it, with its portico opposite them.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 40:31

      Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees. Eight steps led up to it.

    • Ezekiel 40:37

      Its portico faced the outer court, and its side pillars were decorated with palm trees on each side. Eight steps led up to it.

    • 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…

    • Ezekiel 40:49

      The portico was twenty cubits wide and twelve cubits deep, and ten steps led up to it. There were columns by the side pillars, one on each side.

    • Ezekiel 40:6

      Then he came to the gate facing east and climbed its steps. He measured the threshold of the gate to be one rod deep.

About Ezekiel

The Prophet Ezekiel, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Ezekiel, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Ezekiel: the study guide →Read Ezekiel 41 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.

Read on in Ezekiel 41 →