from the floor to the top of the walls, including the outer wall of the sanctuary.
Parallel translations
- WEB from the ground to above the door were cherubim and palm trees made: thus was the wall of the temple.
- KJV From the ground unto above the door were cherubims and palm trees made, and on the wall of the temple.
- BSB Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary from the floor to the space above the entrance.
- NKJV From the floor to the space above the door, and on the wall of the sanctuary, cherubim and palm trees were carved.
- NASB From the ground to above the entrance cherubim and palm trees were carved, as well as on the wall of the sanctuary.
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Quick answer
From floor to above the door, the temple walls were covered with these carvings. The whole sanctuary proclaimed God's holy presence through its imagery.
Overview
The cherubim and palm trees adorned the temple from the ground upward, filling the sacred space with Edenic and guardian imagery. The pervasive decoration declared the entire house holy and set apart for God. The vision of a paradise-like dwelling looks ahead to the consummation in Christ, when God's people will dwell with him in unbroken fellowship.
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- Ezek 41:18It was made with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;
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