Ezekiel 41:18-19

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Ezekiel 41:12-26

Here is, 1. An account of a building that was before the separate place (that is, before the temple), at the end towards the west (Ezek. 41:12), which is here measured, and compared (Ezek. 41:13) with the measure of the house, and appears to be of equal dimensions with it. This stood in a court by itself, which is measured (Ezek. 41:15) and its galleries, or chambers belonging to it, its posts and windows, and the ornaments of them, Ezek. 41:15-17. But what use was to be made of this other... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:18

And it was made with cherubim and palm trees ,.... That is, all the wall of the house round about was ornamented with these, even both of the holy and of the most holy place; with these the curtains of Moses's tabernacle, and the vail that divided between the holy and the most holy place, were decorated; as also the walls, both of the sanctuary and oracle, in Solomon's temple, Exodus 26:1 . The former, according to the commonly received notion, were an emblem of angels; the latter of true... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Ezekiel 41:19

So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side ,.... The cherubim in this verse are the same with the living creatures this prophet saw by the river Chebar, and which he knew to be the cherubim, Ezekiel 10:20 and the same with John's four beasts or living creatures in Revelation 4:7 and he being the last that wrote concerning them, gives the clearest account of them; and by which the best judgment may be formed about them; and from which it appears that they are men... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Ezekiel 41:18

A palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub - That is, the palm trees and the cherubs were alternated; and each cherub had two faces, one of a lion and the other of a man; one of which was turned to the palm tree on the right, the other to the palm tree on the left. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:15-26

The projecting portions of the temple building. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:18

Cherubims and palm trees. Ezekiel is here in the midst of his favorite imagery. But as there were no palm trees in the old tabernacle of the wilderness, nor in Solomon's temple, why does the prophet plant them among his cherubim? I. THE FUTURE WILL BE VICTORIOUS . The old times were times of darkness, fear, difficulty, and strife. Even yet we are not out of the noise of the battle, and perhaps a more fierce conflict is gathering. But beyond all these is the peace of Divine... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:18-20

As in Solomon's temple ( 1 Kings 6:29 ), the wainscoting was adorned with artistic carving of cherubim and palm trees , a palm tree and a cherub standing alternately. Each cherub had two of its four faces exhibited (since four could not be conveniently represented on a plain surface)—a man's face (symbolizing the rational creation) directed towards the palm tree on one side, and a young lion's face (symbolizing the irrational creation) turned towards the palm tree on the other side. This... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:18-25

The significance of the cherubim. Among the difficulties that attend this question, it seems clear that these composite forms were intended either to represent the human or the angelic, not the Divine. The idea of any artistic representation of the Divine Being in a Hebrew temple is surely quite inadmissible (see Deuteronomy 4:15-17 ). Making our choice, then, between the human and the angelic, we distinctly prefer the former, and think that the general idea is that man, when raised to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Ezekiel 41:18-25

The significance of the palm trees. The cherubim and the palm trees were closely associated; both were largely represented, and they were found in close conjunction: "a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub." Both of them pictured the righteous man in the sanctuary of God, but while the cherub signified the good man at his best bringing himself and all that he had as an offering to God, the palm tree stood for the good man as one who had been made what he was by the services of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Ezekiel 41:18

On the symbolism of the “cherubim” see Ezekiel 1:1 note ...Every cherub had two faces - Not as in Ezekiel 1:0, “four faces.” Convenience of delineation upon a wall may have suggested the alteration. The cherubic devices on the curtains of the tabernacle Exodus 26:1; Exodus 36:8 were no doubt like the cherubim over the ark, of which we have no reason to suppose that each had “two faces.” The symbolic character here admitted of the deviation. read more

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