Bible Commentary

The posts of the temple [were] squared, [and] the face of the sanctuary; the appearance [of the one] as the appearance [of the other]. 21. the posts squared ] The text is very uncertain, the versions deviating from Heb. and from one another. The word “temple” ( Eze 41:20) being omitted the words read: and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 41:21”

From the ground unto above the door [were] cherubims and palm trees made, and [on] the wall of the temple. 20. The prophet is to be conceived as standing in the holy place, and when he speaks of the “door” he evidently refers to the end walls and not to the side walls. It remains … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 41:20”

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. The face of a man, this one face, the other of a young lion. Now … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 41:19”

And [it was] made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree [was] between a cherub and a cherub; and [every] cherub had two faces; On the symbolism of the cherubim see Eze 1:1 note … Every cherub had two faces – Not as in Ezek. 1, four faces. Convenience of delineation upon … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 41:18”

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 … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 41:17”

The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, ceiled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows [were] covered; 16. over against the door ] the threshold. It looks as if some words had fallen out … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 41:16”

And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which [was] behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, a hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court; 15. The “length” here is reckoned from N. to S. which was … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 41:15”

Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, a hundred cubits. 14. Two measurements of 100 cubits from N. to S. The front of the house buildings, the “separate place” on each side of them being included, gives 100 cubits, namely, 20 (breadth of house) + … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 41:14”

So he measured the house, a hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, a hundred cubits long; 13. Two measurements of 100 cubits E. to W house an hundred cubits long ] namely, 5 (wall of porch, Eze 40:48) + 12 (porch, Eze 40:49) + 6 (wall of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 41:13”

Now the building that [was] before the separate place at the end toward the west [was] seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building [was] five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits. 12. The building behind the house on the west, Fig. 3, K To the west of the house … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Ezekiel 41:12”