Ezekiel 41:20

Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary from the floor to the space above the entrance.

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KJV

From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.

ASV

from the ground unto above the door were cherubim and palm-trees made; thus was the wall of the temple.

YLT

from the earth unto above the opening are the cherubs and the palm-trees made, and on the wall of the temple.

DBT

From the ground unto above the entry were the cherubim and the palm-trees made, and [on] the wall of the temple.

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From the ground unto above the door,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed

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(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.

Jerome· Commentary on Ezekiel, 420patristic

From the ground unto above the door - The temple was thirty cubits high, 1Ki 6:2, the gate was fourteen cubits, chap. Eze 40:48. The palm trees and the cherubim were the same height as the gate or door. The windows were above the door.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

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.

John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament, 1765evangelical

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Ezekiel 41:18
were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces:

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The Prophet Ezekiel — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

Ezekiel — The exile prophet — priest taken to Babylon in 597 BC, writing to a community still convinced the exile is temporary. Wheels within wheels, the glory departing, dry bones coming to life, and the city whose new name is YHWH Shammah — ‘the LORD is there.’

Canon: Old Testament
Author: Ezekiel, son of Buzi the priest (1:3)
Date: Dated oracles 593 BC (1:1, fifth year of Jehoiachin's exile) to 571 BC (29:17)

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Ezekiel 41:18
were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces:
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- 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.
- 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 10:21
  Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.
- 2 Chronicles 3:7
  He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls.
- 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.

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