Ezekiel 41:18
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New International Version (©2011)
were carved cherubim and palm trees. Palm trees alternated with cherubim. Each cherub had two faces:

New Living Translation (©2007)
All the walls were decorated with carvings of cherubim, each with two faces, and there was a carving of a palm tree between each of the cherubim.

English Standard Version (©2001)
It was carved of cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Every cherub had two faces:

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
It was carved with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And it was made with cherubims and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
carved with cherubim and palm trees. There was a palm tree between each pair of cherubim. Each cherub had two faces:

International Standard Version (©2012)
There were carved cherubim and palm trees, alternating with a palm tree between a cherub, and each cherub had two faces,

NET Bible (©2006)
It was made with cherubim and decorative palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub. Each cherub had two faces:

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
there were pictures of angels and palm trees. Palm trees were positioned between each of the angels, and each angel had two faces:

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
And it was made with cherubim and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;

American King James Version
And it was made with cherubim and palm trees, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;

American Standard Version
And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees; and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;

Douay-Rheims Bible
And there were cherubims and palm trees wrought, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub, and every cherub had two faces.

Darby Bible Translation
And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees, and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub; and the cherub had two faces:

English Revised Version
And it was made with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;

Webster's Bible Translation
And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees, so that a palm-tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces;

World English Bible
It was made with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;

Young's Literal Translation
And it is made with cherubs and palm-trees, and a palm-tree is between cherub and cherub, and two faces are to the cherub;

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

41:1-26 After the prophet had observed the courts, he was brought to the temple. If we attend to instructions in the plainer parts of religion, and profit by them, we shall be led further into an acquaintance with the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven.

Pulpit Commentary

Verses 18-20. - As in Solomon's temple (1 Kings 6:29), the wainscoting was adorned with artistic carving of cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree and a cherub standing alternately. Each cherub had two of its four faces exhibited (since four could not be conveniently represented on a plain surface) - a man's face (symbolizing the rational creation) directed towards the palm tree on one side, and a young lion's face (symbolizing the irrational creation) turned towards the palm tree on the other side. This particular style of ornamentation was employed from the ground unto above the door, which Plumptre interprets as an indication of the height of the palm trees and cherubic figures, but which probably meant the same thing as the preceding clause, "through- all the house round about." Cherubic figures formed part of the adornment of the tabernacle curtains (Exodus 26:1; Exodus 36:8). (On the nature of the cherubim and their symbolic significance, see Ezekiel 1:5-10.)

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And it was made with cherubim and palm trees,.... That is, all the wall of the house round about was ornamented with these, even both of the holy and of the most holy place; with these the curtains of Moses's tabernacle, and the vail that divided between the holy and the most holy place, were decorated; as also the walls, both of the sanctuary and oracle, in Solomon's temple, Exodus 26:1. The former, according to the commonly received notion, were an emblem of angels; the latter of true believers, or holy upright men: why these are called palm trees; see Gill on Ezekiel 40:16,

so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; these were so placed all around, that there was first a cherub, next a palm tree, and then a cherub again, and so on; and if angels and saints are meant, and that notion could be supported, which some have given into, that the number of men redeemed by Christ is the same with that of the angels that fell, and their places are filled up by them; this would serve to illustrate it, particularly as these were all around the walls of the most holy place; a type of heaven, as here of the New Jerusalem state; that as there was a cherub and a palm tree, a cherub and a palm tree, throughout all the house, so an angel and a saint, an angel and a saint, throughout all the mansions in the holy city, and in the heavenly glory:

and every cherub had two faces: which, by what follows, were the faces of a man, and of a lion. The "cherubim" Ezekiel saw in his first vision had four faces, Ezekiel 1:10 and so these must be supposed to have, though only two were seen; because these were carved or painted on the walls, so that the hindmost faces, those of the ox and eagle, could not be perceived.

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The Inner Temple
…17To that above the door, even to 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, so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; and every cherub had two faces; 19So that the face of a man was toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side: it was made through all the house round about. …

1 Kings 6:29 On the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer rooms, he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers.
1 Kings 6:32 And on the two olive-wood doors he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.
1 Kings 7:36 He engraved cherubim, lions and palm trees on the surfaces of the supports and on the panels, in every available space, with wreaths all around.
2 Chronicles 3:5 He paneled the main hall with juniper and covered it with fine gold and decorated it with palm tree and chain designs.
Ezekiel 10:21 Each had four faces and four wings, and under their wings was what looked like human hands.
Ezekiel 40:16 The alcoves and the projecting walls inside the gateway were surmounted by narrow parapet openings all around, as was the portico; the openings all around faced inward. The faces of the projecting walls were decorated with palm trees.
Ezekiel 41:17 In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary and on the walls at regular intervals all around the inner and outer sanctuary
Ezekiel 41:20 From the floor to the area above the entrance, cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the main hall.
Ezekiel 41:25 And on the doors of the main hall were carved cherubim and palm trees like those carved on the walls, and there was a wooden overhang on the front of the portico.