--- title: "Clarke" description: "Verse Ezekiel 41:1. To the temple — He had first described the courts and the porch. See Ezekiel 40:5-49. Verse Ezekiel 41:2. The breadth of the door — Th" image: "/images/missing.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/ezekiel/41" --- Verse [Ezekiel 41:1](../../../kjv/ezekiel/41/1). ***To the temple*** — He had first described the courts and the porch. See [Ezekiel 40:5-49](../../../kjv/ezekiel/40/5-49). Verse [Ezekiel 41:2](../../../kjv/ezekiel/41/2). ***The breadth of the door*** — This was the door, or gate, of the sanctuary, (see *gates*, 3, in the plan,) [Ezekiel 48:35](../../../kjv/ezekiel/48/35), and this *doorway* was filled up with folding gates. The measurements are exactly the same as those of Solomon's temple. See [1 Kings 6:2](../../../kjv/1-kings/6/2); [1 Kings 6:17](../../../kjv/1-kings/6/17). Verse [Ezekiel 41:4](../../../kjv/ezekiel/41/4). ***The length thereof, twenty cubits*** — This is the measurement of the sanctuary, or holy of holies. See G in the plan. [Ezekiel 48:35](../../../kjv/ezekiel/48/35). This also was the exact measurement of Solomon's temple, see [1 Kings 6:20](../../../kjv/1-kings/6/20). This, and the other resemblances here, sufficiently prove that Ezekiel's temple and that of Solomon were on the same plan; and that the latter temple was intended to be an exact resemblance of the former. Verse [Ezekiel 41:6](../../../kjv/ezekiel/41/6). ***The side chambers were three*** — We find by *Joseph*. Antiq. viii. 3, 2, that round Solomon's temple were chambers *three* stories high, each story consisting of *thirty* chambers. It is supposed that *twelve* were placed to the *north* of the temple, *twelve* to the *south*, and *six* to the *east*. ***Entered into the wall*** — The beams were admitted into the outer wall, but they rested on projections of the inner wall. Verse [Ezekiel 41:7](../../../kjv/ezekiel/41/7). ***An enlarging, and a winding about*** — Perhaps a winding staircase that-widened upward as the inner wall decreased in thickness; this wall being six cubits thick; as high as the first story, five from the floor of the second story to that of the third, and four from the floor to the ceiling of the third story: and thus there was a rest of one cubit in breadth to support the stories.-*Newcome*. Verse [Ezekiel 41:9](../../../kjv/ezekiel/41/9). ***The thickness of the wall*** — See LLL in the plan. [Ezekiel 48:35](../../../kjv/ezekiel/48/35). ***The place of the side chambers*** — A walk, or gallery of communication along the chambers, *five* cubits broad, [Ezekiel 41:11](../../../kjv/ezekiel/41/11). Verse [Ezekiel 41:11](../../../kjv/ezekiel/41/11). ***And the doors*** — See the plan, *aa. bb*. [Ezekiel 48:35](../../../kjv/ezekiel/48/35). Verse [Ezekiel 41:12](../../../kjv/ezekiel/41/12). ***The length thereof ninety cubits.*** — The temple, with the buildings which surrounded it, was *eighty-one* cubits long; add *ten* cubits for the vestibule, or *five* for the breadth of the separate place, and *five* for its wall; in all, *ninety* cubits. See the plan, LHIL. [Ezekiel 48:35](../../../kjv/ezekiel/48/35). By the *separate place* I suppose the temple itself is meant. Verse [Ezekiel 41:13](../../../kjv/ezekiel/41/13). ***So he measured the house*** — The temple, taken from the wall which encompassed it from the western side to the vestibule, was *one hundred and one* cubits; *five* for the separate place, *nine* for the wall and the chambers attached to the temple, *sixty* for the sanctuary and the holy place, *ten* for the vestibule, and *twelve* for the two great walls on the west and east of the temple; in all, *one hundred and one cubits*, See the plan, GHI. [Ezekiel 48:35](../../../kjv/ezekiel/48/35). Verse [Ezekiel 41:14](../../../kjv/ezekiel/41/14). ***The breadth of the face of the house*** — That is, the front. See the plan, FRR. [Ezekiel 48:35](../../../kjv/ezekiel/48/35). Verse [Ezekiel 41:18](../../../kjv/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. Verse [Ezekiel 41:20](../../../kjv/ezekiel/41/20). ***From the ground unto above the door*** — The temple was *thirty* cubits high, [1 Kings 6:2](../../../kjv/1-kings/6/2), the gate was *fourteen* cubits, [Ezekiel 40:48](../../../kjv/ezekiel/40/48). The *palm trees* and the *cherubim* were the same height as the *gate* or *door*. The windows were above the door. Verse [Ezekiel 41:22](../../../kjv/ezekiel/41/22). ***The altar of wood*** — This was the altar of incense, and was covered with plates of gold. Verse [Ezekiel 41:25](../../../kjv/ezekiel/41/25). **There were*****thick planks*** — The wood, or planks, were thick and strong; for the cherubim and palm trees were carved in *relief*, out of their substance, and unless they had been of considerable thickness, this could not have been done. ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/ezekiel/41#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/images/missing.jpg","width":640,"height":370,"caption":"Clarke's Commentary - Ezekiel 41"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/ezekiel/41#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/ezekiel/41","name":"Clarke's Commentary - Ezekiel 41","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/commentaries/clarkes-commentary/ezekiel/41#primaryimage"},"datePublished":null,"dateModified":null,"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Verse Ezekiel 41:1. 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