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The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/40.htm">New Living Translation</a> There were recessed windows that narrowed inward through the walls of the guard alcoves and their dividing walls. There were also windows in the entry room. The surfaces of the dividing walls were decorated with carved palm trees. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/40.htm">English Standard Version</a> And the gateway had windows all around, narrowing inwards toward the side rooms and toward their jambs, and likewise the vestibule had windows all around inside, and on the jambs were palm trees. <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/40.htm">King James Bible</a> And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees. <a href="/nkjv/ezekiel/40.htm">New King James Version</a> There were beveled window frames in the gate chambers and in their intervening archways on the inside of the gateway all around, and likewise in the vestibules. There were windows all around on the inside. And on each gatepost were palm trees. <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/40.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And there were shuttered windows looking toward the guardrooms, and toward their side pillars within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. And there were windows all around inside; and on each side pillar were palm tree decorations. <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/40.htm">NASB 1995</a> There were shuttered windows looking toward the guardrooms, and toward their side pillars within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. And there were windows all around inside; and on each side pillar were palm tree ornaments. <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/40.htm">NASB 1977 </a> And there were shuttered windows looking toward the guardrooms, and toward their side pillars within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. And there were windows all around inside; and on each side pillar were palm tree ornaments. <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> There were shuttered windows looking toward the guardrooms and toward their side pillars within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. And there were windows all around inside; and on each side pillar were palm tree ornaments. <a href="/amp/ezekiel/40.htm">Amplified Bible</a> There were shuttered windows looking toward the guardrooms, and toward their side pillars within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. And windows were all around inside; and palm tree decorations were on each side pillar. <a href="/csb/ezekiel/40.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> The recesses and their jambs had beveled windows all around the inside of the gate. The porticoes also had windows all around on the inside. Each jamb was decorated with palm trees. <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> The recesses and their pilasters had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticoes also had windows all around on the inside. Each pilaster was decorated with palm trees. <a href="/asv/ezekiel/40.htm">American Standard Version</a> And there were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches; and windows were round about inward; and upon each post were palm-trees. <a href="/cev/ezekiel/40.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> The three walls in the guardrooms had small windows in them, just like the ones in the entrance room. The walls along the passageway were decorated with carvings of palm trees. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/40.htm">English Revised Version</a> And there were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees. <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/40.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The guardrooms and recessed walls inside the gateway had small windows all around. The entrance hall also had windows all around on the inside. Pictures of palm trees were carved on the recessed walls. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/40.htm">Good News Translation</a> There were small openings in the outside walls of all the rooms and also in the inner walls between the rooms. There were palm trees carved on the inner walls that faced the passageway. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/40.htm">International Standard Version</a> Latticed windows faced the guardhouses, their side pillars within the gate all around, and also for the porches. Windows were placed all around inside, and the side pillars were engraved with palm trees. <a href="/msb/ezekiel/40.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees. <a href="/net/ezekiel/40.htm">NET Bible</a> There were closed windows toward the alcoves and toward their jambs within the gate all around, and likewise for the porches. There were windows all around the inside, and on each jamb were decorative palm trees. <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/40.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> There were closed windows to the side-rooms, and toward their jambs within the gate all around, and likewise to the porches; and windows were around the inside; and on each jamb were palm trees. <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/40.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate around, and likewise to the arches: and windows were around inward: and upon each post were palm-trees. <a href="/web/ezekiel/40.htm">World English Bible</a> There were closed windows to the side rooms, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches. Windows were around inward. Palm trees were on each post. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/40.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and narrow windows [are] in the little chambers, and in their posts on the inside of the gate all around—and so to the arches—and windows all around on the inside, and palm-trees [are] on the post. <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/40.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and narrow windows are unto the little chambers, and unto their posts at the inside of the gate all round about -- and so to the arches -- and windows all round about are at the inside, and at the post are palm-trees. <a href="/slt/ezekiel/40.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And windows closed to the chambers, and to their posts inside to the gate, round about, round about, and thus to the porches: and to the windows round about, round about inside, and to the post, palm trees.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/40.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And slanting windows in the little chambers, and in their fronts, which were within the gate on every side round about: and in like, manner there wore also in the porches windows round about within, and before the fronts the representation of palm trees. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/40.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And there were slanting windows in the chambers and at their fronts, which were within the gate on every side all around. And similarly, there were also windows in the vestibules all around the interior, and there were images of palm trees before the fronts. <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/40.htm">New American Bible</a> There were recessed windows in the cells on all sides and in the posts on the inner side of the gate. Posts and windows were all around the inside, with palm trees decorating the posts. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/40.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> The recesses and their pilasters had windows, with shutters on the inside of the gateway all around, and the vestibules also had windows on the inside all around; and on the pilasters were palm trees.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/40.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And there were windows to the small rooms which were wide from within and narrow from without, and to their posts within the gate, and likewise to the arches; and windows were round about from within. <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/40.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And windows that are spread out from within, and narrow ones from outside on planks, and upon the door posts of the gate, and windows that were surrounding them from within<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/40.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> And there were narrow windows to the cells and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches; and windows were round about inward; and upon each post were palm-trees. <a href="/sep/ezekiel/40.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And there were secret windows to the chambers, and to the porches within the gate of the court round about, and in the same manner windows to the porches round about within: and on the porch there were palm-trees on this side and on that side. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vET3Gmwku4s?start=12081" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/ezekiel/40.htm">The East Gate</a> …15And the distance from the entrance of the gateway to the far end of its inner portico was fifty cubits. 16<a href="/hebrew/8372.htm" title="8372: hat·tā·’îm (Art:: N-mp) -- A chamber. And ta ah; from ta'ah; a room.">The gate chambers</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/352.htm" title="352: ’ê·lê·hê·māh (N-mpc:: 3mp) -- From the same as 'uwl; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief; also a ram; a pilaster; an oak or other strong tree.">and their side pillars</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">had</a> <a href="/hebrew/331.htm" title="331: ’ă·ṭu·mō·wṯ (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fp) -- To shut, shut up. A primitive root; to close; by analology to contract.">beveled</a> <a href="/hebrew/2474.htm" title="2474: wə·ḥal·lō·nō·wṯ (Conj-w:: N-cp) -- A window. A window.">windows</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">all around</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: wə·ḵên (Conj-w:: Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6441.htm" title="6441: lip̄·nî·māh (Prep-l:: Adv) -- Toward the side or inside, within. From paniym with directive enclitic; faceward, i.e. Indoors.">the inside</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: laš·ša·‘ar (Prep-l, Art:: N-ms) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">of the gateway.</a> <a href="/hebrew/361.htm" title="361: lā·’ê·lam·mō·wṯ (Prep-l, Art:: N-mp) -- A porch. Or;elam; or ielammah; probably from 'ayil; a pillar-space, i.e. A pale.">The porticos</a> <a href="/hebrew/2474.htm" title="2474: wə·ḥal·lō·w·nō·wṯ (Conj-w:: N-cp) -- A window. A window.">also had windows</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around.">all around</a> <a href="/hebrew/5439.htm" title="5439: sā·ḇîḇ (Adv) -- Circuit, round about. Or cbiybah; from cabab; a circle, neighbour, or environs; but chiefly around."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6441.htm" title="6441: lip̄·nî·māh (Prep-l:: Adv) -- Toward the side or inside, within. From paniym with directive enclitic; faceward, i.e. Indoors.">on the inside.</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/352.htm" title="352: ’a·yil (N-ms) -- From the same as 'uwl; properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief; also a ram; a pilaster; an oak or other strong tree.">Each side pillar</a> <a href="/hebrew/8561.htm" title="8561: ti·mō·rîm (N-fp) -- Palm (tree) figure. (plural o or timmorah; from the same root as tamar; A palm-like pilaster.">was decorated with palm trees.</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_kings/6-4.htm">1 Kings 6:4</a> He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple. <a href="/1_kings/7-4.htm">1 Kings 7:4-5</a> There were three rows of high windows facing one another in three tiers. / All the doorways had rectangular frames, with the openings facing one another in three tiers. <a href="/2_chronicles/4-22.htm">2 Chronicles 4:22</a> the wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers of pure gold; and the gold doors of the temple: the inner doors to the Most Holy Place as well as the doors of the main hall. <a href="/exodus/25-37.htm">Exodus 25:37</a> Make seven lamps and set them up on the lampstand so that they illuminate the area in front of it. <a href="/exodus/26-36.htm">Exodus 26:36</a> For the entrance to the tent, you are to make a curtain embroidered with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen. <a href="/exodus/27-9.htm">Exodus 27:9</a> You are also to make a courtyard for the tabernacle. On the south side of the courtyard make curtains of finely spun linen, a hundred cubits long on one side, <a href="/exodus/38-8.htm">Exodus 38:8</a> Next he made the bronze basin and its stand from the mirrors of the women who served at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting. <a href="/numbers/8-2.htm">Numbers 8:2</a> “Speak to Aaron and tell him: ‘When you set up the seven lamps, they are to light the area in front of the lampstand.’” <a href="/zechariah/4-2.htm">Zechariah 4:2</a> “What do you see?” he asked. “I see a solid gold lampstand,” I replied, “with a bowl at the top and seven lamps on it, with seven spouts to the lamps. <a href="/revelation/1-12.htm">Revelation 1:12</a> Then I turned to see the voice that was speaking with me. And having turned, I saw seven golden lampstands, <a href="/revelation/1-20.htm">Revelation 1:20</a> This is the mystery of the seven stars you saw in My right hand and of the seven golden lampstands: The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches. <a href="/revelation/4-5.htm">Revelation 4:5</a> From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings, and peals of thunder. Before the throne burned seven torches of fire. These are the seven spirits of God. <a href="/revelation/21-12.htm">Revelation 21:12</a> The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates. <a href="/revelation/21-18.htm">Revelation 21:18</a> The wall was made of jasper, and the city itself of pure gold, as pure as glass. <a href="/revelation/21-21.htm">Revelation 21:21</a> And the twelve gates were twelve pearls, with each gate consisting of a single pearl. The main street of the city was pure gold, as clear as glass.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and on each post were palm trees.narrow [heb] closed<a href="/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Ezekiel 41:16</a> 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;<a href="/1_kings/6-4.htm">1 Kings 6:4</a> And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.<a href="/1_corinthians/13-12.htm">1 Corinthians 13:12</a> For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: now I know in part; but then shall I know even as also I am known.the little<a href="/ezekiel/40-7.htm">Ezekiel 40:7,12</a> And every little chamber was one reed long, and one reed broad; and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed… arches.<a href="/ezekiel/40-21.htm">Ezekiel 40:21,22,25,30</a> And the little chambers thereof were three on this side and three on that side; and the posts thereof and the arches thereof were after the measure of the first gate: the length thereof was fifty cubits, and the breadth five and twenty cubits… <a href="/ezekiel/41-15.htm">Ezekiel 41:15</a> And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;<a href="/ezekiel/42-3.htm">Ezekiel 42:3</a> Over against the twenty cubits which were for the inner court, and over against the pavement which was for the utter court, was gallery against gallery in three stories.inward.<a href="/1_kings/6-29.htm">1 Kings 6:29,32,35</a> And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without… <a href="/2_chronicles/3-5.htm">2 Chronicles 3:5</a> And the greater house he cieled with fir tree, which he overlaid with fine gold, and set thereon palm trees and chains.<a href="/psalms/92-12.htm">Psalm 92:12</a> The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/ezekiel/40-12.htm">Alcoves</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-16.htm">Arches</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-12.htm">Cells</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-12.htm">Chambers</a> <a href="/lamentations/3-54.htm">Closed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-9.htm">Faced</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Faces</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-15.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-15.htm">Gateway</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-12.htm">Guardrooms</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Inside</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-9.htm">Inward</a> <a href="/lamentations/2-11.htm">Inwards</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-10.htm">Jambs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-12.htm">Lodges</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-20.htm">Narrow</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-40.htm">Ornaments</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-5.htm">Palm</a> <a href="/songs/3-6.htm">Palm-Trees</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-13.htm">Parapet</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Pillar</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/acts/14-13.htm">Porches</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-15.htm">Portico</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Post</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Posts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Projecting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-12.htm">Rooms</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-26.htm">Sloping</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-30.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-30.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-10.htm">Uprights</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-14.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-14.htm">Windows</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-9.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/40-21.htm">Alcoves</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-21.htm">Arches</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-17.htm">Cells</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-17.htm">Chambers</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Closed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-17.htm">Faced</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-26.htm">Faces</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-19.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-19.htm">Gateway</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-21.htm">Guardrooms</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-19.htm">Inside</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-3.htm">Inward</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-3.htm">Inwards</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-21.htm">Jambs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-21.htm">Lodges</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-25.htm">Narrow</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-22.htm">Ornaments</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-22.htm">Palm</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-22.htm">Palm-Trees</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-8.htm">Parapet</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-48.htm">Pillar</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-21.htm">Pillars</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-21.htm">Porches</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-21.htm">Portico</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-48.htm">Post</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-21.htm">Posts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-21.htm">Projecting</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-17.htm">Rooms</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-17.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-18.htm">Side</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Sloping</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-22.htm">Tree</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-22.htm">Trees</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-24.htm">Uprights</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-21.htm">Walls</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-22.htm">Windows</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-43.htm">Within</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 40</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/40-1.htm">The time, manner, and end of the vision of the city and temple</a> 6. <a href="/ezekiel/40-6.htm">The description of the east gate of the outer court</a> 20. <a href="/ezekiel/40-20.htm">of the north gate</a> 24. <a href="/ezekiel/40-24.htm">of the south gate</a> 27. <a href="/ezekiel/40-27.htm">of the south gate of the inner court</a> 32. <a href="/ezekiel/40-32.htm">of the east gate</a> 35. <a href="/ezekiel/40-35.htm">and of the north gate</a> 39. <a href="/ezekiel/40-39.htm">Eight tables</a> 44. <a href="/ezekiel/40-44.htm">The chambers</a> 48. <a href="/ezekiel/40-48.htm">The porch of the house</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div 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The description of the gate chambers with beveled windows suggests a detailed architectural design, emphasizing the precision and orderliness of God's plans. In ancient Near Eastern architecture, such features were not only functional but also symbolic of protection and vigilance. The beveled windows allowed light to enter while maintaining security, symbolizing spiritual illumination and divine oversight. This imagery can be connected to the idea of God as a watchful guardian over His people, as seen in <a href="/psalms/121-4.htm">Psalm 121:4</a>, where God is described as one who neither slumbers nor sleeps.The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. The presence of windows in the porticos indicates openness and transparency, reflecting the accessibility of God's presence to His people. In the context of the temple vision, these windows may symbolize the revelation of divine truth and the invitation for worshippers to approach God. The design of the porticos with windows all around suggests a welcoming environment, reminiscent of the open invitation to come into God's presence, as seen in passages like <a href="/isaiah/55.htm">Isaiah 55:1</a>, which calls all who are thirsty to come to the waters.Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees. Palm trees in biblical symbolism often represent victory, peace, and eternal life. The decoration of the side pillars with palm trees could signify the triumph of God's kingdom and the peace that comes from His rule. In the context of the temple vision, these palm trees may also point to the flourishing and prosperity of God's people under His care. This imagery is echoed in <a href="/revelation/7-9.htm">Revelation 7:9</a>, where a great multitude stands before the throne with palm branches in their hands, symbolizing victory and salvation through Christ. The use of palm trees as decoration also connects to the Feast of Tabernacles, a time of rejoicing and remembrance of God's provision, as described in <a href="/leviticus/23-40.htm">Leviticus 23:40</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/e/ezekiel.htm">Ezekiel</a> A prophet and priest during the Babylonian exile, Ezekiel receives visions from God, including the detailed vision of a new temple in chapters 40-48. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a> The vision of the temple in <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Ezekiel 40</a> represents a future restoration and ideal worship space, symbolizing God's presence among His people. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_gateway.htm">The Gateway</a> Part of the temple structure, the gateway is described with specific architectural details, emphasizing order and divine design. 4. <a href="/topical/p/palm_trees.htm">Palm Trees</a> Decorative elements in the temple vision, symbolizing victory, peace, and eternal life, often associated with the presence of God. 5. <a href="/topical/w/windows_with_beveled_frames.htm">Windows with Beveled Frames</a> Architectural features that allow light into the temple, symbolizing illumination and divine revelation.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/d/divine_order_and_design.htm">Divine Order and Design</a> God's attention to detail in the temple's design reflects His nature of order and beauty. Believers are called to reflect God's order in their lives, valuing beauty and precision in their worship and daily living. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_light.htm">Symbolism of Light</a> The windows in the temple allow light to enter, symbolizing the illumination of God's truth. Christians are encouraged to seek God's light through His Word and let it shine in their lives. <a href="/topical/v/victory_and_peace.htm">Victory and Peace</a> The palm trees symbolize victory and peace, reminding believers of the peace and victory found in Christ. This encourages Christians to live victoriously, rooted in the peace of God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_presence.htm">God's Presence</a> The temple represents God's dwelling among His people. Today, believers are the temple of the Holy Spirit, called to live in a way that honors God's presence within them. <a href="/topical/h/hope_for_restoration.htm">Hope for Restoration</a> Ezekiel's vision offers hope for restoration and renewal. Believers can trust in God's promise to restore and renew their lives, even in times of exile or hardship.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_40.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 40</a> <a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_ezekiel_40's_details.htm">How should one reconcile the detailed architectural descriptions in Ezekiel 40 with the absence of any clear historical record of its fulfillment?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_ezekiel_42_fit_ancient_jerusalem.htm">How can the vast space described in Ezekiel 42 be reconciled with the known geographical and historical realities of ancient Jerusalem?</a> <a href="/q/do_ezekiel_40_5-16_match_temple_finds.htm">How do the measurements in Ezekiel 40:5-16 align with archaeological evidence of any actual Temple structure? </a> <a href="/q/is_ezekiel_44's_temple_purely_symbolic.htm">Ezekiel 44's temple regulations appear highly specific, yet no archaeological site conclusively matches this description--could this be evidence the prophecy was purely symbolic or never fulfilled?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/40.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 16. - And there were narrow (Hebrew, closed) windows, probably of lattice-work, so fixed as to prevent either egress or ingress. That these "windows" (חַלּ ונות, so called from being perforated) were intended to impart light to the gateway, either in whole or in part, is apparent, though it is difficult to form a clear idea of how they were situated. They were in the chambers, and in their posts and in the arches, or colonnades (Revised Version margin). In the chambers, or "lodges," they were most likely in the back walls, and in or near the posts, or pillars, belonging to the doors of these chambers, the clause, "and in their posts," being regarded as epexegetic of the preceding, and designed to furnish a more precise explanation of the particular part of the guard-room in which the windows were. Similar windows existed in the Solomonic temple (<a href="/1_kings/6-4.htm">1 Kings 6:4</a>). The "arches," or "colonnades" (אֵלַ מּיִת), were probably wall-projections on the sides of the chambers, to that light was admitted from three sides. Thus to one standing within, the whole gateway appeared studded round and round with windows. The description of the gate closes with the statement that upon each post were palm trees, which may signify either that the shaft was fashioned like a palm tree, as is sometimes seen in ancient buildings in the East (Dr. Currey, Plumptre) or that it was ornamented with representations of palm branches or palm trees (Keil, Ewald, Kliefoth). Hengstenberg's idea, that "whole palms beside the pillars are meant," is favored by Smend, who cites, in addition to ver. 26, <a href="/ezekiel/41-18.htm">Ezekiel 41:18</a>, etc., and <a href="/1_kings/6-29.htm">1 Kings 6:29</a>; <a href="/1_kings/7-36.htm">1 Kings 7:36</a>. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>The gate chambers הַתָּאִ֡ים (hat·tā·’îm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8372.htm">Strong's 8372: </a> A chamber and their side pillars אֵלֵיהֵ֨מָה (’ê·lê·hê·māh) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_352.htm">Strong's 352: </a> Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree had אֶֽל־ (’el-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> Near, with, among, to beveled אֲטֻמ֣וֹת (’ă·ṭu·mō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_331.htm">Strong's 331: </a> To close, to contract windows וְחַלֹּנ֣וֹת (wə·ḥal·lō·nō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2474.htm">Strong's 2474: </a> A window all around סָבִ֣יב ׀ (sā·ḇîḇ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> A circle, neighbour, environs, around the inside לִפְנִ֤ימָה (lip̄·nî·māh) Preposition-l | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6441.htm">Strong's 6441: </a> Toward the side or inside, within of the gateway. לַשַּׁ֙עַר֙ (laš·ša·‘ar) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> An opening, door, gate The porticos לָאֵֽלַמּ֑וֹת (lā·’ê·lam·mō·wṯ) Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_361.htm">Strong's 361: </a> A pillar-space, a pale also had windows וְחַלּוֹנ֞וֹת (wə·ḥal·lō·w·nō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2474.htm">Strong's 2474: </a> A window all around סָבִ֤יב ׀ (sā·ḇîḇ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> A circle, neighbour, environs, around on the inside. לִפְנִ֔ימָה (lip̄·nî·māh) Preposition-l | Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6441.htm">Strong's 6441: </a> Toward the side or inside, within Each side pillar אַ֖יִל (’a·yil) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_352.htm">Strong's 352: </a> Strength, strong, a chief, a ram, a pilaster, an oak, strong tree was decorated with palm trees. תִּמֹרִֽים׃ (ti·mō·rîm) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8561.htm">Strong's 8561: </a> A palm-like pilaster <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Ezekiel 40:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Ezekiel 40:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Ezekiel 40:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Ezekiel 40:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Ezekiel 40:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Ezekiel 40:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Ezekiel 40:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Ezekiel 40:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Ezekiel 40:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Ezekiel 40:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-16.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 40:16 There were closed windows to the lodges (Ezek. 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