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Ezekiel 41:20

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

What does Ezekiel 41:20 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “from the ground unto above the door were cherubim and palm-trees made: thus was the wall of the temple.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

from the ground unto above the door were cherubim and palm-trees made: thus was the wall of the temple.
Ezekiel 41:20 — American Standard Version

Context — Ezekiel 41

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
17to [the space] above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.
18And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees; and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;
19so that there was the face of a man toward the palm-tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm-tree on the other side. [thus was it] made through all the house round about:
20from the ground unto above the door were cherubim and palm-trees made: thus was the wall of the temple.
21As for the temple, the door-posts were squared; and as for the face of the sanctuary, the appearance [thereof] was as the appearance [of the temple].
22The altar was of wood, 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 Jehovah.
23And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“From the ground unto above the door, &c.] From the floor of the holy of holies to above the door of it to the east, where was the entrance into it; or from thence to the cieling, as the Septuagint version: “were cherubim and palm trees made”; either in rows one above another, quite up to the place mentioned; or they were made so large, that each cherub and palm tree reached from the ground to above the door, or to the cieling: and on the wall of the temple: that is, they were not only thus placed in the holiest of all; but in the temple, or holy place on the wall of it all around; and shows, that in the state of the church in the latter day, which this part of the building represents more…”
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