Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 41:17
To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.
To that … – Over above the door …within and without was by measure. This verse asserts that all the overlaying was done by careful measurement.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
In the 15th verse the prophet began his catalogue, and continueth it through this verse, in which, in the gross, he tells us all above the doors, in every porch and gate to the very inner house, and all without, the buildings about the walls, were measured exactly, though we have neither the particular account of what these were, either things or measures.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
17. by measureMeasurementswere taken [FAIRBAIRN].
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
To that above the door, even unto the inner house,…. The meaning is, either there were such windows as before described above the door of the eastern gate, that led into the holiest of all, and even unto the inner house, or holy of holies: and without; and to all the side, chambers that were built without it:
and by all the wall round about within and without; both within the holy place, and without, in the places adjoining to it, on all sides, west, north, and south; or all were cieled with cedar wood, that it might be more capable of being ornamented, either with gold, or with the decorations mentioned in the following verses: or the sense is, that all these were measured exactly: for it follows, “by measure”; or to all these “were measures” m; the dimensions were taken; every thing in the Gospel church state, whether in its less or more perfect state, will be all according to rule and measure.
m “mensuras accepit”, Munster; “in omnibus mensurae [monstratae sunt]”, Tigurine version.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(17) To that above the door.Better, (The space) over above the door, both to the inner house and without . . . (was) by measure. The verse is an emphatic repetition of the fact that everything was by measure.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
Eze 41:17 To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.
Ver. 17. By measure. ] Heb., Measure. See on Eze 40:47 .
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
by measure. Showing that every detail, however small, is important.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
To that: That is, the windows were placed above the height of the door, at the east end of the temple, and thus continued, at the same height, and at measured distances, along both sides of the holy place, to the wall of the inner sanctuary, in which there were no windows.
measure: Heb. measures, Eze 42:15
Reciprocal: Eze 41:15 – with the
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Eze 41:17. The ceiling described in the preceding verse extended over the parts named in this. By measure denotes that the ceiling was measured to harmonize with the areas already described and checked by the adopted standard.