Ezekiel 41:19
in Ezekiel 41the face of a man was toward the palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion was toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved all the way around the temple.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
so 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. Thus was it made through all the house round about:
KJV
So that the face of a man was 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 through all the house round about.
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This verse in Ezekiel 41
Commentary
6 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
alternating carved cherubim and palm trees
on Ezekiel 41:18-20
Carved cherubim and palm trees alternate on every wall, and each cherub has two faces, a man's and a young lion's. Solomon's temple carried the same pairing (1 Kings 6:29). A guardian creature beside a living tree recalls the Eden language this book used at chapter 28.
This site's exposition
the face of a young lion
Each carved cherub shows two faces, a man's and a young lion's, while the living creatures of chapter 1 had four (1:10). A carving on a flat wall shows two sides. The two faces look toward the palm trees on either hand, so the pattern repeats around the whole house.
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 Awakening3 voices
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.
So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side,....
These seem to represent the angels, who have more than the wisdom of a man and the courage of a lion; and in both they have an eye to the palms of victory and triumph which are set before them, and which they are sure of in all their conflicts with the powers of darkness. And in the assemblies of the saints angels are in a special manner present, 1 Cor. xi.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וּפְנֵ֨י | ufenei | and [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| אָדָ֤ם | ʾadam | a human | H120 → | 551 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | [was] to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַתִּֽמֹרָה֙ | hatimorah | the palm tree | H8561 → | 19 times |
| מִפּ֔וֹ | mipo | from here | H6311 → | 82 times |
| וּפְנֵֽי־ | ufenei- | and [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| כְפִ֥יר | khefir | a young lion | H3715 → | 32 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | [was] to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| הַתִּֽמֹרָ֖ה | hatimorah | the palm tree | H8561 → | 19 times |
| מִפּ֑וֹ | mipo | from here | H6311 → | 82 times |
| עָשׂ֥וּי | ʾasui | [it was] done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| הַבַּ֖יִת | habayit | the house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| סָבִ֥יב׀ | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
| סָבִֽיב׃ | saviv | all around | H5439 → | 336 times |
וּפְנֵ֨יand [the] face of
ufeneiH6440 →2123 times
אָדָ֤םa human
ʾadamH120 →551 times
אֶל־[was] to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַתִּֽמֹרָה֙the palm tree
hatimorahH8561 →19 times
מִפּ֔וֹfrom here
mipoH6311 →82 times
וּפְנֵֽי־and [the] face of
ufenei-H6440 →2123 times
כְפִ֥ירa young lion
khefirH3715 →32 times
אֶל־[was] to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
הַתִּֽמֹרָ֖הthe palm tree
hatimorahH8561 →19 times
מִפּ֑וֹfrom here
mipoH6311 →82 times
עָשׂ֥וּי[it was] done
ʾasuiH6213 →2628 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
הַבַּ֖יִתthe house
habayitH1004 →2046 times
סָבִ֥יב׀all around
savivH5439 →336 times
סָבִֽיב׃all around
savivH5439 →336 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
Ezekiel 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,…
it leads to
- Revelation 4:7
The 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.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Ezekiel 10:14
Each 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.
- 1 Corinthians 9:9–10
For it is written in the Law of Moses: “Do not muzzle an ox while it is treading out the grain.” Is it about oxen that God is concerned?
- Revelation 5:5
Then one of the elders said to me, “Do not weep! Behold, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed to open the scroll and its seven seals.”
- Proverbs 14:4
Where there are no oxen, the manger is empty, but an abundant harvest comes through the strength of the ox.
- Revelation 4:7
Through
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.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 10:21
Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.
- 1 Kings 7:36
He engraved cherubim, lions, and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.
- 1 Kings 7:29
and on the panels between the uprights were lions, oxen, and cherubim. On the uprights was a pedestal above, and below the lions and oxen were wreaths of beveled work.
- Ezekiel 10:21
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament; Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Patrick Fairbairn, An Exposition of Ezekiel.