📖 Ezekiel — Chapter 41 (KJV)
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Ezekiel 41:1 Afterward Rhe brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, which was the breadth of the tabernacle.
Ezekiel 41:2 And the breadth of the door was ten cubits; and the sides of the door were five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured Rthe length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.
Ezekiel 41:3 Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.
Ezekiel 41:4 So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, RThis is the most holy place.
Ezekiel 41:5 After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of every Rside chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
Ezekiel 41:6 And the side chambers were three, Tone over another, and Tthirty in order; Rand they entered into the wall which was of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might Thave hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
Ezekiel 41:7 And RTthere was an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house was still upward, and so increased from the lowest chamber to the highest by the midst.
Ezekiel 41:8 I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers were Ra full reed of six great cubits.
Ezekiel 41:9 The thickness of the wall, which was for the side chamber without, was five cubits: and Rthat which was left was the place of the side chambers that were within.
Ezekiel 41:10 And between the chambers was the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
Ezekiel 41:11 And the doors of the side chambers were toward the place that was left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: Rand the breadth of the place that was left was five cubits round about.
Ezekiel 41:12 Now the building that was before the Rseparate place at the end toward the west was seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building was five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.
Ezekiel 41:13 So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;
Ezekiel 41:14 Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.
Ezekiel 41:15 And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which was behind it, and the RTgalleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
Ezekiel 41:16 The door posts, and the Rnarrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, Tcieled with wood round about, Tand from the ground up to the windows, and the windows were covered;
Ezekiel 41:17 To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by RTmeasure.
Ezekiel 41:18 And it was made Rwith cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;
Ezekiel 41:19 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.
Ezekiel 41:20 From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.
Ezekiel 41:21 The RTposts of the temple were squared, and the face of the sanctuary; the appearance of the one as the appearance of the other.
Ezekiel 41:22 The Raltar of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, were of wood: and he said unto me, This is the table that is before the LORD.
Ezekiel 41:23 RAnd the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
Ezekiel 41:24 And the doors had two leaves apiece, two turning leaves; two leaves for the one door, and two leaves for the other door.
Ezekiel 41:25 And there were made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as were made upon the walls; and there were thick planks upon the face of the porch without.
Ezekiel 41:26 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.
📚 Study This Chapter
📖 What We’re Reading
Ezekiel 41:1–11 — The house and its side chambers are measured
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
The guide measures the temple and the inner space named the most holy place. Three levels of side chambers, their foundations, walls, and entrances continue the ordered description of the house.
Key Truth: Attend to the spaces the text distinguishes.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “____ he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, …” (Ezekiel 41:1)
Find it in Ezekiel 41:1 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “… wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every ____ .” (Ezekiel 41:10)
Find it in Ezekiel 41:10 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “And the ____ of the side chambers were toward the place that was …” (Ezekiel 41:11)
Find it in Ezekiel 41:11 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Ezekiel 41:12–21 — The surrounding building and carved walls
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
Further measurements describe the western building and the house’s overall extent. Wood-covered walls and windows bear cherubim and palm trees, connecting careful dimensions with the vision’s ornament.
Key Truth: Read dimensions and decoration within the vision’s stated setting.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “… an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the ____ , with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;” (Ezekiel 41:13)
Find it in Ezekiel 41:13 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “From the ground unto above the ____ were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall …” (Ezekiel 41:20)
Find it in Ezekiel 41:20 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “The ____ of the temple were squared, and the face of the …” (Ezekiel 41:21)
Find it in Ezekiel 41:21 (KJV).
📖 What We’re Reading
Ezekiel 41:22–26 — The table, doors, and porch
🌱 What These Verses Teach Us
A wooden altar is identified as the table before the Lord. Turning door leaves, cherubim, palm trees, windows, and porch planks complete this stage of the measured house.
Key Truth: Receive unfamiliar detail with patient attention.
Check What You Remember
1. Complete the KJV wording: “The ____ of wood was three cubits high, and the length thereof …” (Ezekiel 41:22)
Find it in Ezekiel 41:22 (KJV).
2. Complete the KJV wording: “And the temple and the sanctuary had two ____ .” (Ezekiel 41:23)
Find it in Ezekiel 41:23 (KJV).
3. Complete the KJV wording: “And there ____ narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and …” (Ezekiel 41:26)
Find it in Ezekiel 41:26 (KJV).
Related Scripture (KJV)
Ezekiel 40:4 — The guide first calls Ezekiel to observe and report carefully.
This related passage is selected for its connection with this chapter. It is separate from the chapter text.
Reflect and Apply
How can patient reading help you notice details you would otherwise skip?
Advanced Questions and Answers
Study this chapter’s wording, patterns, contrasts, and meaning in greater depth.
1. Which summary best distinguishes Ezekiel 41:1–11 (The house and its side chambers are measured) from the chapter’s other sections?
2. Which summary best distinguishes Ezekiel 41:12–21 (The surrounding building and carved walls) from the chapter’s other sections?
3. Which summary best distinguishes Ezekiel 41:22–26 (The table, doors, and porch) from the chapter’s other sections?
4. What pattern is described in the carved decoration?
5. How is the wooden altar identified in the guide’s speech?
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