On both sides of the entry room were recessed windows decorated with carved palm trees. The side rooms along the outside wall also had roofs.
Parallel translations
- WEB There were closed windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch: thus were the side rooms of the house, and the thresholds.
- KJV And there were narrow windows and palm trees on the one side and on the other side, on the sides of the porch, and upon the side chambers of the house, and thick planks.
- BSB There were beveled windows and palm trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.
- NKJV There were beveled window frames and palm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the vestibule—also on the side chambers of the temple and on the canopies.
- NASB And there were latticed windows and palm trees on one side and on the other, on the sides of the porch; the same were on the side chambers of the house and the thresholds.
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Quick answer
The porch had latticed windows and palm trees on its sides, matching the temple's adornment. The whole complex was consistently beautified for God's glory.
Overview
Ezekiel completes the description of the temple's decoration, noting the windows, palm trees, and finished side rooms of the porch. The consistent beauty throughout declares the house wholly devoted to God. This careful glory of the earthly sanctuary anticipates the surpassing glory of God's eternal dwelling with his redeemed people in Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- Ezek 41:16the thresholds, and the closed windows, and the galleries around on their three stories, over against the threshold, with wood ceilings all around, and from the ground up to the windows, (now the windows were covered),
- Ezek 40:16There were closed windows to the lodges, and to their posts within the gate all around, and likewise to the arches; and windows were around inward; and on each post were palm trees.
- Ezek 41:5Then he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the width of every side room, four cubits, all around the house on every side.
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