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Ezekiel 41 Summary
The Temple Chambers and Decorations
The man measures the temple's posts, doors, and inner sanctuary, recording precise dimensions throughout. Side chambers rise in three stories around the house, and a broad wall supports them. The interior walls and doors are decorated with carved cherubims and palm trees, and a wooden altar stands before the Lord as the table of the sanctuary.
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Key verses
Ezekiel 41:1
“Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.”
Ezekiel 41:4
“So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This is the most holy place.”
Ezekiel 41:18-20
“And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces; So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about. From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.”
Ezekiel 41:22
“The altar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.”
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