Ezekiel 41:20

Ezekiel 41:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.
• New International Version (NIV)From the floor to the area above the entrance, cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the main hall.
• English Standard Version (ESV)From the floor to above the door, cherubim and palm trees were carved; similarly the wall of the nave.
• New King James Version (NKJV)From the floor to the space above the door, and on the wall of the sanctuary, cherubim and palm trees were carved.

Context of Ezekiel 41:20

18It was made with cherubim and decorative palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub. Each cherub had two faces: 19a human face toward the palm tree on one side and a lion’s face toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around; from the ground to the area above the entrance, cherubim and decorative palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary. 21The doorposts of the outer sanctuary were square. In front of the sanctuary one doorpost looked just like the other. 22The altar was of wood, 5¼ feet high, with its length 3½ feet; its corners, its length, and its walls were of wood. He said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.”

Ezekiel 41:20 word by word

מֵהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ עַד־מֵעַ֣ל הַפֶּ֔תַח הַכְּרוּבִ֥ים וְהַתִּֽמֹרִ֖ים עֲשׂוּיִ֑ם וְקִ֖יר הַׄהֵׄיׄכָֽׄלׄ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• From the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• unto above the doorפֶּ֫תַחpethach · entranceH6607
• cherubimsכְּרוּבkerûb · cherubH3742
• and palm treesתִּמֹרָהtimmôr timmôrâh · palmH8561
• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to makeH6213
• the wallקִירqîyr qir qîyrâh · wallH7023
• of the templeהֵיכָלhêykâl · temple: naveH1964

Commentaries on Ezekiel 41:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20From the ground unto above the door - The temple was thirty cubits high, 1 Kings 6:2, the gate was fourteen cubits, chap. Ezekiel 40:48. The palm trees and the cherubim were the same height as the gate or door. The windows were above the door.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 15-20The temple building was covered with wooden panels. The walls were decorated with carvings of palm trees and cherubim. The cherubim were like those Ezekiel saw in his earlier visions of judgment (see Ezekiel 1:5–12; 10:2–14). In those visions, the cherubim had four faces. However, the carved images in the temple had only two faces. One face was a lion, the greatest of the wild animals. The other was a human, the highest part of God’s created order…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

Topics related to Ezekiel 41:20

• Cherubim

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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