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Ezekiel 40:16
The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The prophet Ezekiel records a vision of a future temple structure while receiving architectural measurements from a divine guide. This description occurs during a detailed survey of the gateway's interior dimensions and features.
The words — חַלּוֹנֹת (chal·lo·nōṯ) translates to "windows," and אֲטֻמֹת (ʾă·ṭu·mōṯ) means "closed" or "beveled." These terms describe the specific construction of the openings within the gate chambers and porticos.
The thread — Similar architectural details appear in 1 Kings 6:4 regarding narrow windows in Solomon’s temple and in Ezekiel 41:26, which repeats the motif of beveled windows and palm tree decorations on portico walls.
Why it lands — The passage requires the reader to note the precise symmetry and decorative order of the sacred architecture. It demands attention to how physical design elements like windows and carved motifs define the structure's boundaries.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees.
Cross-references
- 1 Kings 6:4 He also had narrow windows framed high in the temple.
- 2 Chronicles 3:5 He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.
- Ezekiel 41:26 There were beveled windows and palm trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.
- 1 Kings 6:29 Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.
- 1 Kings 6:32 The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
- 1 Kings 6:35 He carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.
- Ezekiel 40:21 Its three gate chambers on each side, its side pillars, and its portico all had the same measurements as the first gate: fifty cubits long and twenty-five cubits wide.
- Psalms 92:12 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon.
- Ezekiel 40:7 Each gate chamber was one rod long and one rod wide, and there were five cubits between the gate chambers. The inner threshold of the gate by the portico facing inward was one rod deep.
- Ezekiel 40:12 In front of each gate chamber was a wall one cubit high, and the gate chambers were six cubits square.