Ezekiel 41
DOYLYEzekiel 41:4
4.— before the temple.] Or, according to the breadth of the temple; that is, corresponding to it. W. Lowth.
- And the side chambers were three, one over another. They were three stories high. W. Lowth.
— and they entered into the wall] The beams of the chamber entered into the outer wall built opposite to that of the temple; see 1 Kings vi. 6. 10. Abp. Newcome.
— but they had not hold in the wall of the house.] Though the beams of the chamber were admitted into the outer wall, they rested on the projections of the inner wall: either from reverence to the sacred place, or to secure it from fire. Abp. Newcome.
Ezekiel 41:8
8.— the height of the house] Of these chambers three stories high, in which sense the word is used ver. 9. W. Lowth.
— the foundations of the side chambers] Meaning perhaps the inner side wall of the lower chambers, on which the beams of their ceilings rested; see ver. 5. Abp. Newcome.
— great cubits.] See chap. xl. 5, and note. The chambers and ornaments of the temple. Before CHRIST 574.
Ezekiel 41:9
- — and that which was left] Or the void space.
Ezekiel 41:11
- — were toward the place that was left.] The doors of the side chambers opened into this void space or gallery, one northward and another southward. W. Lowth, Abp. Newcome.
Ezekiel 41:12
- — the separate place] By this most understand the temple proper. Abp. Newcome.
Ezekiel 41:14
- — the breadth of the face of the house.] The whole temple with the porch and walls was a hundred cubits in length westward. W. Lowth.
Ezekiel 41:15
- And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it.] Noldius translates this sentence more clearly thus: “And he measured the length of the building which was before the separate place, and that which was behind it.” Abp. Newcome. The east and west sides having been measured before, the north and south sides are here re-
presented as measuring each an hundred cubits. W. Lowth.
Ezekiel 41:16
- — and the windows were covered:] With lattices, or curtains, or both. Abp. Newcome.
Ezekiel 41:18
- And it was made with cherubims &c.] On the inside of the house the walls were adorned with carved work of cherubim and palm trees as in Solomon’s temple; see 1 Kings vi. 29. W. Lowth.
— two faces:] Which appeared; the other two (of the ox and the eagle) being supposed below the plain. The cherubim had each four faces; see chap. i. vi. W. Lowth.
Ezekiel 41:22
- — the walls thereof.] The sides. W. Lowth.
— This is the table that is before the Lord.] Compare chap. xlv. 16. The words “altar” and “table” are used promiscuously; see Heb. xiii. 10; where by “altar” the Apostle means “table.” Abp. Newcome.
Before CHRIST 574. measures.