Ezekiel 41:22
in Ezekiel 41There was an altar of wood three cubits high and two cubits square. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. And the man told me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
The altar was of wood, three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before Jehovah.
KJV
The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the Lord.
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This verse in Ezekiel 41
Commentary
8 notes on this verseThe altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits,.... This was the altar of incense, and was typical of Christ in his intercession and mediation.
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
This is the table that is before the LORD
Albert Barnes and John Gill identify it as the altar of incense. Jamieson, Fausset & Brown call it a table because the Lord takes delight in His people there, as at a feast. Barnes adds that table and altar are used for each other in Malachi 1:7.
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
Therefore this altar is called a table. This is the table that is before the Lord. Here, as before, we find the altar turned into a table; for, the great sacrifice being now offered, that which we have to do is to feast upon the sacrifice at the Lord's table.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The altar of wood - The altar for incense (marginal reference); “altar of gold” (see 1Ki 7:48). Walls - The corner pieces of the altar, rising into projections called in Exodus horns, here corners. Table - “table and altar” were convertible terms Mal 1:7.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
At it, not at the table of showbread, the priests daily ministered. It stood in front of the veil, and is therefore said to be "before the Lord." It is called a table, as being that at which the Lord will take delight in His people, as at a feast. Hence its dimensions are larger than that of old--three cubits high, two broad, instead of two and one.
The altar of wood - This was the altar of incense, and was covered with plates of gold.
The words behind it
20 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הַמִּזְבֵּ֡חַ | hamizbeach | the altar | H4196 → | 401 times |
| עֵ֣ץ | ʾetz | [was] wood | H6086 → | 328 times |
| שָׁלוֹשׁ֩ | shalovosh | three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| אַמּ֨וֹת | ʾamot | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| גָּבֹ֜הַּ | gavoah | high | H1364 → | 41 times |
| וְאָרְכּ֣וֹ | veareko | and length its | H753 → | 95 times |
| שְׁתַּֽיִם־ | shetayim- | [was] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| אַמּ֗וֹת | ʾamot | cubits | H520 → | 247 times |
| וּמִקְצֹֽעוֹתָיו֙ | umiktzootav | and corners its | H4740 → | 12 times |
| ל֔וֹ | lo | [belonged] to it | ||
| וְאָרְכּ֥וֹ | veareko | and length its | H753 → | 95 times |
| וְקִֽירֹתָ֖יו | vekirotav | and sides its | H7023 → | 75 times |
| עֵ֑ץ | ʾetz | [were] wood | H6086 → | 328 times |
| וַיְדַבֵּ֣ר | vaydaber | and he spoke | H1696 → | 1141 times |
| אֵלַ֔י | ʾelai | to me | H413 → | 5510 times |
| זֶ֚ה | zeh | this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| הַשֻּׁלְחָ֔ן | hashulchan | [is] the table | H7979 → | 71 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לִפְנֵ֥י | lifnei | [is] <to> before | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
הַמִּזְבֵּ֡חַthe altar
hamizbeachH4196 →401 times
עֵ֣ץ[was] wood
ʾetzH6086 →328 times
שָׁלוֹשׁ֩three
shalovoshH7969 →432 times
אַמּ֨וֹתcubits
ʾamotH520 →247 times
גָּבֹ֜הַּhigh
gavoahH1364 →41 times
וְאָרְכּ֣וֹand length its
vearekoH753 →95 times
שְׁתַּֽיִם־[was] two
shetayim-H8147 →768 times
אַמּ֗וֹתcubits
ʾamotH520 →247 times
וּמִקְצֹֽעוֹתָיו֙and corners its
umiktzootavH4740 →12 times
ל֔וֹ[belonged] to it
lo
וְאָרְכּ֥וֹand length its
vearekoH753 →95 times
וְקִֽירֹתָ֖יוand sides its
vekirotavH7023 →75 times
עֵ֑ץ[were] wood
ʾetzH6086 →328 times
וַיְדַבֵּ֣רand he spoke
vaydaberH1696 →1141 times
אֵלַ֔יto me
ʾelaiH413 →5510 times
זֶ֚הthis
zehH2088 →1180 times
הַשֻּׁלְחָ֔ן[is] the table
hashulchanH7979 →71 times
אֲשֶׁ֖רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לִפְנֵ֥י[is] <to> before
lifneiH6440 →2123 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
Malachi 1:7By presenting defiled food on My altar. But you ask, ‘How have we defiled You?’ By saying that the table of the LORD is contemptible.
it leads to
- Malachi 1:12
“But you profane it when you say, ‘The table of the Lord is defiled, and as for its fruit, its food is contemptible.’
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 11:27–32
Therefore, whoever eats the bread or drinks the cup of the Lord in an unworthy manner will be guilty of sinning against the body and blood of the Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 10:21
You cannot drink the cup of the Lord and the cup of demons too; you cannot partake in the table of the Lord and the table of demons too.
- Malachi 1:12
Through
Revelation 8:3Then another angel, who had a golden censer, came and stood at the altar. He was given much incense to offer, along with the prayers of all the saints, on the golden altar before…
it leads to
- Revelation 5:8
When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which…
- Psalms 141:2
May my prayer be set before You like incense, my uplifted hands like the evening offering.
- Revelation 8:4
And the smoke of the incense, together with the prayers of the saints, rose up before God from the hand of the angel.
- Luke 1:10
And at the hour of the incense offering, the whole congregation was praying outside.
- Malachi 1:11
For My name will be great among the nations, from where the sun rises to where it sets. In every place, incense and pure offerings will be presented in My name, because My name…
- Revelation 5:8
About Ezekiel
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, Biblical Commentary on the Prophecies of Ezekiel; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Ezekiel; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.