Ezekiel 41:25
in Ezekiel 41Cherubim 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubim and palm-trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there was a threshold of wood upon the face of the porch without.
KJV
And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.
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This verse in Ezekiel 41
Commentary
7 notes on this verse(Vers. 23 seqq.) And he spoke to me: This is the table before the Lord, and there were two doors in the temple and in the sanctuary, and in the two doors on each side there were two little doors that folded into each other. For there were two doors on each side of the doors, and on the doors of the temple there were carved cherubim and palm tree sculptures, just as they were also engraved on the walls.
This site's exposition
had a rectangular doorframe
on Ezekiel 41:21-26
The outer sanctuary has a rectangular doorframe. Inside stands an altar of wood, named as the Most Holy Place was named: “This is the table that is before the LORD”. Commentators connect the naming to the tabernacle's table (Exodus 25:23-30), an altar described in the vocabulary of a table.
This site's exposition
a wooden canopy outside
Jerome notes that the cherubim and palms of the walls continue onto the doors, so the whole approach carries one design. Adam Clarke reasons that the wood had to be thick, since the figures were carved in relief. The canopy shelters the portico front.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
There is so much difference both in the terms and in the rules of architecture between one age and another, one place and another, that it ought not to be any stumbling-block to us that there is so much in these descriptions dark and hard to be understood, about the meaning of which the learned are not agreed.
And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple,....
Thus the living temples are adorned, not with gold, or silver, or costly array, but with the hidden man of the heart, in that which is not corruptible.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
There were thick planks - The wood, or planks, were thick and strong; for the cherubim and palm trees were carved in relief out of their substance, and unless they had been of considerable thickness, this could not have been done.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַעֲשׂוּיָ֨ה | vaasuyah | and [it was] done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֲלֵיהֶ֜ן | ʾaleihen | to them | H413 → | 5510 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| דַּלְת֤וֹת | daltot | [the] doors of | H1817 → | 88 times |
| הַֽהֵיכָל֙ | haheikhal | the temple | H1964 → | 80 times |
| כְּרוּבִ֣ים | keruvim | cherubim | H3742 → | 91 times |
| וְתִֽמֹרִ֔ים | vetimorim | and palm trees | H8561 → | 19 times |
| כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | kaasher | just as | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עֲשׂוּיִ֖ם | ʾasuyim | [they were] done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| לַקִּיר֑וֹת | lakirot | to the walls | H7023 → | 75 times |
| וְעָ֥ב | veav | and a threshold of | H5646 → | |
| עֵ֛ץ | ʾetz | wood | H6086 → | 328 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | [was] to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| פְּנֵ֥י | penei | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הָאוּלָ֖ם | haulam | the porch | H197 → | 34 times |
| מֵהַחֽוּץ׃ | mehachutz | from the outside | H2351 → | 164 times |
וַעֲשׂוּיָ֨הand [it was] done
vaasuyahH6213 →2628 times
אֲלֵיהֶ֜ןto them
ʾaleihenH413 →5510 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
דַּלְת֤וֹת[the] doors of
daltotH1817 →88 times
הַֽהֵיכָל֙the temple
haheikhalH1964 →80 times
כְּרוּבִ֣יםcherubim
keruvimH3742 →91 times
וְתִֽמֹרִ֔יםand palm trees
vetimorimH8561 →19 times
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥רjust as
kaasherH834 →5497 times
עֲשׂוּיִ֖ם[they were] done
ʾasuyimH6213 →2628 times
לַקִּיר֑וֹתto the walls
lakirotH7023 →75 times
וְעָ֥בand a threshold of
veavH5646 →
עֵ֛ץwood
ʾetzH6086 →328 times
אֶל־[was] to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
פְּנֵ֥י[the] face of
peneiH6440 →2123 times
הָאוּלָ֖םthe porch
haulamH197 →34 times
מֵהַחֽוּץ׃from the outside
mehachutzH2351 →164 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
5 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 41:18were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces:
it leads to
- 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.
- 1 Kings 7:36
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.