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Ezekiel 41:25
Cherubim and palm trees like those on the walls were carved on the doors of the outer sanctuary, and there was a wooden canopy outside, on the front of the portico.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Ezekiel receives a visionary tour of the temple's inner architecture while an angelic guide measures its structure. The description occurs during the documentation of the outer sanctuary's entrance.
The words — The text specifies כְּרוּבִים (keruvim, cherubim) and תִּמֹרִים (timorim, palm trees) alongside עֲשׂוּיָה (asuyah, done/carved) on the temple doors. These terms record the exact decorative motifs applied to the sanctuary entrance.
The thread — This door carving matches Ezekiel 41:18, where alternating cherubim and palm trees cover the sanctuary walls. The passage continues the portico's architectural inventory in Ezekiel 41:26.
Why it lands — The verse records the precise placement of carved motifs on the sanctuary doors and the wooden canopy on the portico's front. It requires the reader to track how repeated visual elements define the vision's spatial boundaries.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Ezekiel 41:18 were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces: