Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Ezekiel 41
temple = palace. Hebrew. heykal.
posts = projections. The Septuagint reads "post. "
cubits. See App-51.
which was. Omit these words, and commence Ezekiel 41:2 with the clause which follows.
tabernacle = tent. Hebrew Wed. See App-40.
side chamber. Not the some word for "chamber" as in Ezekiel 41:10 and ch Ezekiel 40:7, Ezekiel 40:7, Ezekiel 40:10, Ezekiel 40:12, Ezekiel 40:12, Ezekiel 40:13, Ezekiel 40:16, Ezekiel 40:21, Ezekiel 40:29, Ezekiel 40:33, Ezekiel 40:36 (which is ta" or in Ezekiel 40:17, Ezekiel 40:17, Ezekiel 40:38, Ezekiel 40:44, Ezekiel 40:45, Ezekiel 40:46; or in Ezekiel 42:1, Ezekiel 42:4, Ezekiel 42:5, Ezekiel 42:7, Ezekiel 42:7, Ezekiel 42:8, Ezekiel 42:9, Ezekiel 42:10, Ezekiel 42:11, Ezekiel 42:12, Ezekiel 42:13; Ezekiel 42:13; Ezekiel 42:13; or in Ezekiel 44:19; Ezekiel 45:5; Ezekiel 46:13 (which is lishkuah = a storeroom).
galleries. Hebrew "attik, Occurs only here, Ezekiel 41:16, and Ezekiel 42:3, Ezekiel 42:5. Probably from natak, to cut away, but in what sense is obscure. Perhaps balconies.
door posts = thresholds.
narrow = latticed. See note on Ezekiel 40:15.
cieled = overlaid, panelled, or wainscoted.
and on the wall of the temple. Render: And as for the wall of the temple, the door-posts were squared; and, as for the face of the sanctuary, the appearance, &c. (as in Ezekiel 41:20).
the temple. This word has the extraordinary points (App-51), the dots indicating that the word is repeated by mistake from Ezekiel 41:20,
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. App-4.
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