King James Version
What Does Ezekiel 41:17 Mean?
“To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure. measure: Heb. measures”
Context
15
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; galleries: or, several walks, or, walks with pillars
16
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; cieled: Heb. cieling of wood and from: or, and the ground unto the windows
17
To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure. measure: Heb. measures
18
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;
19
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.
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(17) **To that above the door.—**Better, (*The space*) *over above the door, both to the inner house and without* . . . (*was*)* by measure.* The verse is an emphatic repetition of the fact that everything was by measure.
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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