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The floor, the wall up to the windows, and the windows were covered. <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/41.htm">New Living Translation</a> 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. <a href="/esv/ezekiel/41.htm">English Standard Version</a> 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), <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/41.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered. <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/41.htm">King James Bible</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="/nkjv/ezekiel/41.htm">New King James Version</a> 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— <a href="/nasb_/ezekiel/41.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> The thresholds, the latticed windows, and the galleries all around their three stories, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/41.htm">NASB 1995</a> The thresholds, the latticed windows and the galleries round about their three stories, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), <a href="/nasb77/ezekiel/41.htm">NASB 1977 </a> The thresholds, the latticed windows, and the galleries round about their three stories, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), <a href="/lsb/ezekiel/41.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> The thresholds, the latticed windows, and the galleries round about their three stories, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), <a href="/amp/ezekiel/41.htm">Amplified Bible</a> The thresholds, the latticed windows, and the galleries all around their three stories, opposite the threshold, were paneled with wood all around, and from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), <a href="/csb/ezekiel/41.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> the thresholds, the beveled windows, and the balconies all around with their three levels opposite the threshold—were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), <a href="/hcsb/ezekiel/41.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> the thresholds, the beveled windows, and the balconies all around with their three levels opposite the threshold—were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered), <a href="/asv/ezekiel/41.htm">American Standard Version</a> the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the threshold, ceiled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows (now the windows were covered), <a href="/cev/ezekiel/41.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> were paneled with wood all the way from the floor to the windows, while the doorways, the small windows, and the three side rooms were trimmed in wood. <a href="/erv/ezekiel/41.htm">English Revised Version</a> the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the threshold, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows; now the windows were covered; <a href="/gwt/ezekiel/41.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> The doorposts, the small windows, and the corridors of all three stories were paneled. The walls, from the floor up to the windows, were paneled. <a href="/gnt/ezekiel/41.htm">Good News Translation</a> were all paneled with wood from the floor to the windows. These windows could be covered. <a href="/isv/ezekiel/41.htm">International Standard Version</a> the thresholds, the shielded windows, and the surrounding three-storied galleries that stood opposite. From the ground to the shielded windows, they were paneled with wood all around, <a href="/msb/ezekiel/41.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered. <a href="/net/ezekiel/41.htm">NET Bible</a> as well as the thresholds, narrow windows and galleries all around on three sides facing the threshold were paneled with wood all around, from the ground up to the windows (now the windows were covered), <a href="/nheb/ezekiel/41.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries around on their three stories, over against the threshold, with wood ceilings all around, and from the ground up to the windows, (now the windows were covered), <a href="/wbt/ezekiel/41.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries around on their three stories, over against the door, ceiled with wood around, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered; <a href="/web/ezekiel/41.htm">World English Bible</a> the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries around on their three stories, opposite the threshold, with wood ceilings all around, and from the ground up to the windows, (now the windows were covered), <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/ezekiel/41.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> the thresholds, and the narrow windows, and the galleries around the three of them, opposite the threshold, [were] paneled with wood all around—and the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered, <a href="/ylt/ezekiel/41.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> the thresholds, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about them three, over-against the threshold, a ceiling of wood all round about, and the ground unto the windows and the covered windows, <a href="/slt/ezekiel/41.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> The thresholds, and the windows closed, and the offsets round about to their three ever against the threshold, a board of wood round about, round about, and the earth even to the windows, and the windows being covered.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/ezekiel/41.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> The thresholds, and the oblique windows, and the galleries round about on three sides, over against the threshold of every one, and floored with wood all round about: and the ground was up to the windows, and the windows were shut over the doors. <a href="/cpdv/ezekiel/41.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> The thresholds, and the oblique windows, and the porticoes, encircling it on three sides, were opposite the threshold of each one, and were floored with wood throughout the entire area. But the floor reached even to the windows, and the windows were closed above the doors; <a href="/nabre/ezekiel/41.htm">New American Bible</a> were paneled; the windows had recesses and precious wood trim around all three sides except the sill. Paneling covered the walls from the floor up to the windows and even the window sections. <a href="/nrsvce/ezekiel/41.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> were paneled, and, all around, all three had windows with recessed frames. Facing the threshold the temple was paneled with wood all around, from the floor up to the windows (now the windows were covered),<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/ezekiel/41.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And the door posts and the narrow windows and the arches round about on their three stories, over against the three gates that were ceiled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows; <a href="/hpbt/ezekiel/41.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And the door posts and the windows and the porches going around their three gates before the wood as it went around, and its length was as far as the windows<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/ezekiel/41.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> the jambs, and the narrow windows, and the galleries, that they three had round about, over against the jambs there was a veneering of wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows; and the windows were covered; <a href="/sep/ezekiel/41.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And the windows were latticed, giving light round about to the three stories, so as to look through: and the house and the parts adjoining were planked round about, and so was the floor, and from the floor up to the windows, and the window shutters folded back in three parts for one to look through. <a href="/parallel/ezekiel/41-16.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=12649" 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/41.htm">The Interior Structures</a> 15Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court, 16<a href="/hebrew/5592.htm" title="5592: has·sip·pîm (Art:: N-mp) -- A vestibule, a dish. From caphaph, in its original sense of containing; a vestibule; also a dish.">as well as the thresholds</a> <a href="/hebrew/331.htm" title="331: hā·’ă·ṭu·mō·wṯ (Art:: V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fp) -- To shut, shut up. A primitive root; to close; by analology to contract.">and the beveled</a> <a href="/hebrew/2474.htm" title="2474: wə·ha·ḥal·lō·w·nîm (Conj-w, Art:: N-cp) -- A window. A window.">windows</a> <a href="/hebrew/862.htm" title="862: wə·hā·’at·tî·qîm (Conj-w, Art:: N-mp) -- A ledge, offset in a, building. Or mattiyq; from nathaq in the sense of decreasing; a ledge or offset in a building.">and the galleries</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/7969.htm" title="7969: liš·lā·šə·tām (Prep-l:: Number-msc:: 3mp) -- A three, triad. Or shalosh; masculine shlowshah; or shloshah; a primitive number; three; occasionally third, or Thrice.">with their three</a> <a href="/hebrew/5048.htm" title="5048: ne·ḡeḏ (Prep) -- From nagad; a front, i.e. Part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually over against or before.">levels opposite</a> <a href="/hebrew/5592.htm" title="5592: has·sap̄ (Art:: N-ms) -- A vestibule, a dish. From caphaph, in its original sense of containing; a vestibule; also a dish.">the threshold,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7824.htm" title="7824: śə·ḥîp̄ (N-msc) -- Perhaps paneled. From the same as shachaph; a board.">were overlaid with</a> <a href="/hebrew/6086.htm" title="6086: ‘êṣ (N-ms) -- Tree, trees, wood. From atsah; a tree; hence, wood.">wood</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.">on all sides.</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/776.htm" title="776: wə·hā·’ā·reṣ (Conj-w, Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">They were paneled from the ground</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: ‘aḏ- (Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/2474.htm" title="2474: ha·ḥal·lō·nō·wṯ (Art:: N-cp) -- A window. A window.">the windows,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2474.htm" title="2474: wə·ha·ḥal·lō·nō·wṯ (Conj-w, Art:: N-cp) -- A window. A window.">and the windows</a> <a href="/hebrew/3680.htm" title="3680: mə·ḵus·sō·wṯ (V-Pual-Prtcpl-fp) -- To cover. A primitive root; properly, to plump, i.e. Fill up hollows; by implication, to cover.">were covered.</a> 17In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary on all the walls, spaced evenly around the inner and outer sanctuary,…<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/6-15.htm">1 Kings 6:15-18</a> He lined the interior walls with cedar paneling from the floor of the temple to the ceiling, and he covered the floor with cypress boards. / He partitioned off the twenty cubits at the rear of the temple with cedar boards from floor to ceiling to form within the temple an inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place. / And the main hall in front of this room was forty cubits long. ... <a href="/1_kings/7-7.htm">1 Kings 7:7</a> In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling. <a href="/2_chronicles/3-5.htm">2 Chronicles 3:5-7</a> He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains. / He adorned the temple with precious stones for beauty, and its gold was from Parvaim. / He overlaid its beams, thresholds, walls, and doors with gold, and he carved cherubim on the walls. <a href="/exodus/26-15.htm">Exodus 26:15-30</a> You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. / Each frame is to be ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. / Two tenons must be connected to each other for each frame. Make all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. ... <a href="/exodus/36-20.htm">Exodus 36:20-34</a> Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle. / Each frame was ten cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. / Two tenons were connected to each other for each frame. He made all the frames of the tabernacle in this way. ... <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. <a href="/revelation/21-11.htm">Revelation 21:11</a> shining with the glory of God. Its radiance was like a most precious jewel, like a jasper, as clear as crystal. <a href="/revelation/4-6.htm">Revelation 4:6</a> And before the throne was something like a sea of glass, as clear as crystal. In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, covered with eyes in front and back. <a href="/revelation/4-8.htm">Revelation 4:8</a> And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come!” <a href="/hebrews/9-2.htm">Hebrews 9:2-5</a> A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place. / Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, / containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant. ... <a href="/hebrews/8-5.htm">Hebrews 8:5</a> The place where they serve is a copy and shadow of what is in heaven. This is why Moses was warned when he was about to build the tabernacle: “See to it that you make everything according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.” <a href="/1_corinthians/3-16.htm">1 Corinthians 3:16</a> Do you not know that you yourselves are God’s temple, and that God’s Spirit dwells in you? <a href="/1_corinthians/6-19.htm">1 Corinthians 6:19</a> Do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; <a href="/2_corinthians/6-16.htm">2 Corinthians 6:16</a> What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, paneled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;narrow<a href="/ezekiel/41-26.htm">Ezekiel 41:26</a> And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.<a href="/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Ezekiel 40:16,25</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="/1_kings/6-4.htm">1 Kings 6:4</a> And for the house he made windows of narrow lights.ceiled with wood.<a href="/1_kings/6-15.htm">1 Kings 6:15</a> And he built the walls of the house within with boards of cedar, both the floor of the house, and the walls of the cieling: and he covered them on the inside with wood, and covered the floor of the house with planks of fir.<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="/haggai/1-4.htm">Haggai 1:4</a> Is it time for you, O ye, to dwell in your cieled houses, and this house lie waste?from the ground up to the windows <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/22-14.htm">Ceiled</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-14.htm">Ceiling</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-14.htm">Cieled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Closed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-49.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-11.htm">Door</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-18.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-8.htm">Floor</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-15.htm">Galleries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-14.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-14.htm">Including</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-3.htm">Jambs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-26.htm">Latticed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-25.htm">Narrow</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-26.htm">Opposite</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-23.htm">Over-Against</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/3-5.htm">Paneled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-1.htm">Posts</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-4.htm">Recessed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-12.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-16.htm">Sloping</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-6.htm">Stories</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-15.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-6.htm">Three</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-7.htm">Threshold</a> <a href="/isaiah/6-4.htm">Thresholds</a> <a href="/haggai/1-4.htm">Wainscoted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-36.htm">Windows</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-10.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/haggai/1-4.htm">Ceiled</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-9.htm">Ceiling</a> <a href="/haggai/1-4.htm">Cieled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-26.htm">Closed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-25.htm">Covered</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-17.htm">Door</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-20.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-20.htm">Floor</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-5.htm">Galleries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-20.htm">Ground</a> <a href="/daniel/1-3.htm">Including</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-21.htm">Jambs</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-26.htm">Latticed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-26.htm">Narrow</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-1.htm">Opposite</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-1.htm">Over-Against</a> <a href="/haggai/1-4.htm">Paneled</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-21.htm">Posts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-26.htm">Recessed</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-17.htm">Round</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-26.htm">Sloping</a> <a href="/ezekiel/42-3.htm">Stories</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-19.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-22.htm">Three</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-25.htm">Threshold</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-26.htm">Thresholds</a> <a href="/haggai/1-4.htm">Wainscoted</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-20.htm">Windows</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-22.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">Ezekiel 41</div>1. <a href="/ezekiel/41-1.htm">The measures, parts, chambers, and ornaments of the temple</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'; 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In the context of the temple vision, they represent the boundary between the profane world and the holy presence of God. This mirrors the thresholds in Solomon's Temple, emphasizing the sanctity and separation required in worship.and the beveled windows Beveled windows were designed to allow light while maintaining privacy and security. In biblical symbolism, light often represents divine revelation and truth. These windows suggest that the temple is a place where God's light and truth are present, yet it is protected from external corruption.and the galleries all around with their three levels The three levels of galleries indicate a structured and ordered design, reflecting the divine order and perfection. The number three often signifies completeness and divine wholeness in Scripture, as seen in the Trinity. This architectural feature underscores the completeness and sufficiency of God's dwelling place.opposite the threshold, Positioning opposite the threshold suggests a direct alignment with the entrance, symbolizing accessibility to God's presence for those who enter. This alignment can be seen as a metaphor for the direct relationship between God and His people, facilitated by the temple.were overlaid with wood on all sides. Wood overlay in the temple signifies durability and beauty, often associated with the cedars of Lebanon used in Solomon's Temple. Wood's organic nature can symbolize life and growth, pointing to the living nature of God's covenant with His people.They were paneled from the ground to the windows, Paneling from the ground to the windows indicates a comprehensive covering, suggesting the completeness of God's protection and provision. This thorough covering can be seen as a metaphor for God's all-encompassing care and the thoroughness of His salvation plan.and the windows were covered. Covered windows imply a controlled environment, where the light is managed and directed. This can symbolize the selective revelation of God’s truth, given to those who are within the covenant community. It also suggests the protection of the sacred from the profane, maintaining the holiness of the temple space.<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 is the author of the book and the one receiving the vision of the temple. 2. <a href="/topical/t/the_temple.htm">The Temple</a> The vision of the temple described in <a href="/bsb/ezekiel/40.htm">Ezekiel 40-48</a> is a detailed blueprint of a future temple, symbolizing God's presence and holiness. 3. <a href="/topical/t/thresholds,_windows,_and_galleries.htm">Thresholds, Windows, and Galleries</a> Architectural elements of the temple, symbolizing the order, beauty, and divine design of God's dwelling place.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_attention_to_detail.htm">God's Attention to Detail</a> The detailed description of the temple's architecture reflects God's concern for order and beauty in His dwelling place. This teaches us to value excellence and care in our service to God. <a href="/topical/s/symbolism_of_the_temple.htm">Symbolism of the Temple</a> The temple represents God's presence among His people. As believers, we are now the temple of the Holy Spirit, called to reflect God's holiness and beauty in our lives. <a href="/topical/h/holiness_and_separation.htm">Holiness and Separation</a> The temple's design, with its thresholds and covered windows, signifies separation from the profane. We are called to live lives set apart for God, maintaining purity and holiness. <a href="/topical/g/god's_provision_and_protection.htm">God's Provision and Protection</a> The covered windows suggest protection and provision. Trust in God's care and provision for your life, knowing He sees and meets your needs.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_ezekiel_41.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Ezekiel 41</a> <a href="/q/do_ezekiel_41_1-5_measurements_match_any_temple.htm">How do the specific measurements in Ezekiel 41 (particularly verses 1-5) align with any known historical or archaeological temple structure?</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/why_does_god_punish_in_ezekiel_16_37-41.htm">If God is just, why does He threaten severe punishment in Ezekiel 16:37-41, yet allow similar injustices elsewhere in the Bible to go unpunished?</a> <a href="/q/is_ezekiel_41's_temple_feasible.htm">What scientific or historical evidence supports or refutes the feasibility of the temple dimensions given in Ezekiel 41?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/ezekiel/41.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(16) The door posts.--This is the same word as in <a href="/context/ezekiel/40-6.htm" title="Then came he to the gate which looks toward the east, and went up the stairs thereof, and measured the threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad; and the other threshold of the gate, which was one reed broad.">Ezekiel 40:6-7</a>, &c., and means thresholds. The various particulars mentioned--the thresholds, the windows, and the galleries--are all to be taken in connection with the "he measured" of <a href="/ezekiel/41-15.htm" title="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;">Ezekiel 41:15</a>, and are details of the three buildings there spoken of, yet they did not all of them necessarily belong to each building.Narrow windows.--Rather, closed windows. (See Note on <a href="/ezekiel/40-16.htm" title="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.">Ezekiel 40:16</a>.)On their three stories.--"Stories" is not in the original, and introduces a wrong idea. He measured the three buildings (<a href="/ezekiel/41-15.htm" title="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;">Ezekiel 41:15</a>), and various details about their three (constructions) (<a href="/ezekiel/41-16.htm" title="The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, paneled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;">Ezekiel 41:16</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/ezekiel/41.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 16, 17 introduce several new details. (1) That the door-posts (rather, thresholds), and the narrow (or, closed) windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, were covered with a wainscoting of wood from the ground up to the windows. (2) That the windows, whether openings on the first floor (Kliefoth) or skylights in the roof (Hengstenberg), were "covered," which may signify, as Ewald and Plumptre think, that they were not left open, but protected by a lattice-work of bars or planks; or, as Currey suggests, that they were wainscoted as well as the space from the ground to the windows. (3) That nothing was constructed by caprice or at random, but that all about the building proceeded by exact measurement. <a href="/commentaries/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>as well as the thresholds הַסִּפִּ֡ים (has·sip·pîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5592.htm">Strong's 5592: </a> A vestibule, a dish and the beveled הָ֠אֲטֻמוֹת (hā·’ă·ṭu·mō·wṯ) Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_331.htm">Strong's 331: </a> To close, to contract windows וְהַחַלּוֹנִ֣ים (wə·ha·ḥal·lō·w·nîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2474.htm">Strong's 2474: </a> A window and the balconies וְהָאַתִּיקִ֤ים ׀ (wə·hā·’at·tî·qîm) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_862.htm">Strong's 862: </a> A ledge, offset in a, building all around סָבִיב֙ (sā·ḇîḇ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> A circle, neighbour, environs, around with their three לִשְׁלָשְׁתָּ֔ם (liš·lā·šə·tām) Preposition-l | Number - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7969.htm">Strong's 7969: </a> Three, third, thrice levels opposite נֶ֧גֶד (ne·ḡeḏ) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5048.htm">Strong's 5048: </a> A front, part opposite, a counterpart, mate, over against, before the threshold, הַסַּ֛ף (has·sap̄) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5592.htm">Strong's 5592: </a> A vestibule, a dish were overlaid with שְׂחִ֥יף (śə·ḥîp̄) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7824.htm">Strong's 7824: </a> Perhaps paneled wood עֵ֖ץ (‘êṣ) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6086.htm">Strong's 6086: </a> Tree, trees, wood on all sides. סָבִ֣יב ׀ (sā·ḇîḇ) Adverb <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5439.htm">Strong's 5439: </a> A circle, neighbour, environs, around They were paneled from the ground וְהָאָ֙רֶץ֙ (wə·hā·’ā·reṣ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land to עַד־ (‘aḏ-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while the windows, הַֽחַלֹּנ֔וֹת (ha·ḥal·lō·nō·wṯ) Article | Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2474.htm">Strong's 2474: </a> A window and the windows וְהַֽחַלֹּנ֖וֹת (wə·ha·ḥal·lō·nō·wṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2474.htm">Strong's 2474: </a> A window were covered. מְכֻסּֽוֹת׃ (mə·ḵus·sō·wṯ) Verb - Pual - Participle - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3680.htm">Strong's 3680: </a> To plump, fill up hollows, to cover <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Ezekiel 41:16 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Ezekiel 41:16 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Ezekiel 41:16 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Ezekiel 41:16 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Ezekiel 41:16 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Ezekiel 41:16 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Ezekiel 41:16 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Ezekiel 41:16 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Ezekiel 41:16 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/ezekiel/41-16.htm">Ezekiel 41:16 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/ezekiel/41-16.htm">OT Prophets: Ezekiel 41:16 The thresholds and the closed windows (Ezek. 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