Ezekiel 41:26

Ezekiel 41:26 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
• New International Version (NIV)On the sidewalls of the portico were narrow windows with palm trees carved on each side. The side rooms of the temple also had overhangs.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And there were narrow windows and palm trees on either side, on the sidewalls of the vestibule, the side chambers of the temple, and the canopies.
• New King James Version (NKJV)There were beveled window frames and palm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the vestibule—also on the side chambers of the temple and on the canopies.

Context of Ezekiel 41:26

24The doors were fixed on both sides of each entrance and they opened in the middle. 25Workers had cut pictures on the doors of the big hall. They were pictures of palm trees and cherubs, like the pictures on the walls. There was a roof over the outside of the door to the entrance room. It was made of wood. The entrance room had narrow windows in the walls on each side. The windows had pictures of palm trees on each side. Workers had cut shapes of palm trees on its walls. The side rooms around the temple also had roofs over the outside of their doors.

Ezekiel 41:26 word by word

וְחַלּוֹנִ֨ים אֲטֻמ֤וֹת וְתִֽמֹרִים֙ מִפּ֣וֹ וּמִפּ֔וֹ אֶל־כִּתְפ֖וֹת הָֽאוּלָ֑ם וְצַלְע֥וֹת הַבַּ֖יִת וְהָעֻבִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• narrowאָטַם'âţam · shutH331
• windowsחַלּוֹןchallôn · windowH2474
• and palm treesתִּמֹרָהtimmôr timmôrâh · palmH8561
• on the one side and on the other side, on the sidesכָּתֵףkâthêph · shoulderH3802
• of the porchאוּלָם'ûlâm 'ûlâm · PorticoH197
• the side chambersצֵלָעtsêlâ‛ tsal‛âh · sideH6763
• of the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• and thick planksעָב‛âb ‛ôb · thresholdH5646

Cross-references for Ezekiel 41:26

• Ezekiel 41:16The boards covered the walls from the floor up to the windows, and above the windows. They used wood to make the edges of the windows. They also covered the windows.
• Ezekiel 40:16The rooms for the guards all had small windows in their outside walls. The walls between the rooms also had small windows. The entrance room to the yard also had windows of the same kind. Men had cut pictures of palm trees on the inside walls of the passage.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 41:26

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-26The temple had 90 side rooms on three levels. Behind it was a large building with an unknown purpose, possibly to prevent unauthorized access. No one could approach God's presence from behind. The side rooms might have stored priestly clothing and equipment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-261. tabernacle--As in the measurement of the outer porch he had pointed to Solomon's temple, so here in the edifice itself, he points to the old tabernacle, which being eight boards in breadth (each one and a half cubits broad) would make in all twelve cubits, as here. On the interior it was only ten cubits.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Architecture
• Atonement, Day of
• Close
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Leviticus
• Priest, High
• Priests and Levites
• Temple

Commentaries on Ezekiel 41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings