25 And there were made H6213 on them, on the doors H1817 of the temple, H1964 cherubims H3742 and palm trees, H8561 like as were made H6213 upon the walls; H7023 and there were thick H5646 planks H6086 upon the face H6440 of the porch H197 without. H2351
26 And there were narrow H331 windows H2474 and palm trees H8561 on the one side and on the other side, on the sides H3802 of the porch, H197 and upon the side chambers H6763 of the house, H1004 and thick planks. H5646
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Commentary on Ezekiel 41 Matthew Henry Commentary
Chapter 41
An account was given of the porch of the house in the close of the foregoing chapter; this brings us to the temple itself, the description of which here given creates much difficulty to the critical expositors and occasions differences among them. Those must consult them who are nice in their enquiries into the meaning of the particulars of this delineation; it shall suffice us to observe,
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. To one not skilled in mathematics the mathematical description of a modern structure would be scarcely intelligible; and yet to a common carpenter or mason among the Jews at that time we may suppose that all this, in the literal sense of it, was easy enough.
Eze 41:1-11
We are still attending a prophet that is under the guidance of an angel, and therefore attend with reverence, though we are often at a loss to know both what this is and what it is to us. Observe here,
Eze 41:12-26
Here is,