EZEKIEL 40-48. RELIGIOUS ORGANISATION OF THE PEOPLE IN THE MESSIANIC DAYS. To a modern taste these Chapter s, crowded with architectural and ritual detail, may seem dreary and irrelevant: to Ezekiel they are the real climax of his book, the crown as well as the conclusion of all his literary and rel... [ Continue Reading ]
EZEKIEL 40:48 TO EZEKIEL 41:4. This consisted of three parts: (_a)_ the porch with a pillar on either side of it reached by a flight of steps (Ezekiel 40:48 f.; in Ezekiel 40:49, for eleven read, with LXX, twelve); (_b)_ the nave or large inner room beyond it (the holy place), whose name, temple, wa... [ Continue Reading ]
Round the north, west, and south sides were cells in three stories, thirty on each story, possibly for the accommodation of Temple furniture, gifts, etc.... [ Continue Reading ]
Behind the Temple, at the extreme west of the whole area enclosed by the wall, was a large building, the purpose of which is not given it may have been used for storage. The Temple building, with the ground immediately surrounding it, was 100 cubits (about 150 feet) square.... [ Continue Reading ]
The interior of the Temple was boarded or panelled no stone was to be seen the walls were carved with double-faced cherubs and palm-trees. In front of the most holy place was a small altar of wood, apparently to be identified with the table of the shew-bread (in olden times regarded as food for the... [ Continue Reading ]