Ezekiel 41:16

Ezekiel 41:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
• English Standard Version (ESV)the thresholds and the narrow windows and the galleries all around the three of them, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, from the floor up to the windows (now the windows were covered),
• New King James Version (NKJV)their doorposts and the beveled window frames. And the galleries all around their three stories opposite the threshold were paneled with wood from the ground to the windows—the windows were covered—
• New Living Translation (NLT)were all paneled with wood, as were the frames of the recessed windows. The inner walls of the Temple were paneled with wood above and below the windows.

Context of Ezekiel 41:16

14The width of the temple courtyard on the east, including the front of the temple, was a hundred cubits. 15Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The main hall, the inner sanctuary and the portico facing the court, as well as the thresholds and the narrow windows and galleries around the three of them—everything beyond and including the threshold was covered with wood. The floor, the wall up to the windows, and the windows were covered. 17In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary and on the walls at regular intervals all around the inner and outer sanctuary 18were carved cherubim and palm trees. Palm trees alternated with cherubim. Each cherub had two faces:

Ezekiel 41:16 word by word

הַסִּפִּ֡ים וְהַחַלּוֹנִ֣ים הָ֠אֲטֻמוֹת וְהָאַתִּיקִ֤ים׀ סָבִיב֙ לִשְׁלָשְׁתָּ֔ם נֶ֧גֶד הַסַּ֛ף שְׂחִ֥יף עֵ֖ץ סָבִ֣יב׀ סָבִ֑יב וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ עַד־הַֽחַלֹּנ֔וֹת וְהַֽחַלֹּנ֖וֹת מְכֻסּֽוֹת׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The door postsסַףsaph · thresholdH5592
• and the narrowאָטַם'âţam · shutH331
• windowsחַלּוֹןchallôn · windowH2474
• and the galleriesאַתִּיק'attûq 'attîyq · galleryH862
• round aboutסָבִיבsâbîyb sebîybâh · aroundH5439
• on their three storiesשָׁלֹשׁshâlôsh shâlôsh shelôshâh shelôshâh · threeH7969
• over againstנֶ֫גֶדneged · beforeH5048
• cieledשָׁחִיףshâchîyph · paneledH7824
• with woodעֵץ‛êts · tree: woodH6086
• and from the groundאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: soilH776
• coveredכָּסָהkâsâh · to coverH3680

Cross-references for Ezekiel 41:16

• Ezekiel 41:26On the sidewalls of the portico were narrow windows with palm trees carved on each side. The side rooms of the temple also had overhangs.
• Ezekiel 40:16The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all around, as was the portico; the openings all around faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.
• 1 Kings 6:4He made narrow windows high up in the temple walls.
• 1 Corinthians 13:12For now we see only a reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
• 1 Kings 6:15He lined its interior walls with cedar boards, paneling them from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and covered the floor of the temple with planks of juniper.
• 2 Chronicles 3:5He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree and chain designs.
• Haggai 1:4“Is it a time for you yourselves to be living in your paneled houses, while this house remains a ruin?”

Commentaries on Ezekiel 41:16

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16Galleries - The upper story of the side-chambers was probably built in the form of an open gallery. Over against the door - The rows of the side-chambers extended to the front of the temple, so that they were “over against” the opening, but did not extend so far as the porch. Cieled - Overlaid. Pillars, galleries, narrow windows were overlaid with wood 1 Kings 6:15-16. Were covered - With wood.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. 1616. covered--being the highest windows they were "covered" from the view below. Or else "covered with lattice-work."Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Gallery
• Architecture
• Atonement, Day of
• Ceiled; Ceiling
• Close
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• House
• Leviticus

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