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

New Living Translation
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
It was carved of cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Every cherub had two faces:

Berean Standard Bible
were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces:

King James Bible
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;

New King James Version
And it was made with cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Each cherub had two faces,

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

NASB 1995
It was carved with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces,

NASB 1977
And it was carved with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces,

Legacy Standard Bible
It was carved with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces,

Amplified Bible
It was carved with [figures of] cherubim and palm trees; so that a palm decoration was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces,

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
carved with cherubim and palm trees. There was a palm tree between each pair of cherubim. Each 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;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And he made Cherubim and palm trees, and a palm tree between a Cherub and a Cherub, and two faces to each Cherub

Brenton Septuagint Translation
were carved cherubs and palm-trees between the cherubs, and each 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.

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;

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

Good News Translation
of palm trees and winged creatures. Palm trees alternated with creatures, one following the other, all the way around the room. Each creature had two faces:

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

JPS Tanakh 1917
And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees; and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;

Literal Standard Version
And it is made [with] cherubim and palm-trees, and a palm-tree [is] between cherub and cherub, and two faces [are] on the cherub;

Majority Standard Bible
were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces:

New American Bible
were figures of cherubim and palm trees: a palm tree between each pair of cherubim. Each cherub had two faces:

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

New Revised Standard Version
It was formed of cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Each cherub had two faces:

New Heart 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;

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. 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;

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Context
The Interior Structures
17In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary on all the walls, spaced evenly around the inner and outer sanctuary, 18were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces: 19the face of a man was toward the palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion was toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved all the way around the temple.…

Cross References
1 Kings 6:29
Then he carved the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer sanctuaries, with carved engravings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers.

1 Kings 6:32
The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them 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 panels, wherever each had space, with wreaths all around.

2 Chronicles 3:5
He paneled the main room with cypress, which he overlaid with fine gold and decorated with palm trees and chains.

Ezekiel 10:21
Each had four faces and four wings, with what looked like human hands under their wings.

Ezekiel 40:16
The gate chambers and their side pillars had beveled windows all around the inside of the gateway. The porticos also had windows all around on the inside. Each side pillar was decorated with palm trees.

Ezekiel 41:17
In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary on all the walls, spaced evenly around the inner and outer sanctuary,


Treasury of Scripture

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;

with cherubims

1 Kings 6:29-32
And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without…

1 Kings 7:36
For on the plates of the ledges thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubims, lions, and palm trees, according to the proportion of every one, and additions round about.

2 Chronicles 3:7
He overlaid also the house, the beams, the posts, and the walls thereof, and the doors thereof, with gold; and graved cherubims on the walls.

palm trees

Ezekiel 40:16,22
And there were narrow windows to the little chambers, and to their posts within the gate round about, and likewise to the arches: and windows were round about inward: and upon each post were palm trees…

Revelation 7:9
After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

and every

Ezekiel 1:10
As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle.

Ezekiel 10:14,21
And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of a cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle…

Revelation 4:7-9
And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle…

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Ezekiel 41
1. The measures, parts, chambers, and ornaments of the temple














(18) With cherubims and palm trees.--Ezekiel 41:18-21 describe the interior ornamentation of the Temple, which was like that of the Temple of Solomon (1Kings 6:29-30). It may be assumed that here, as there, these figures were carved upon the woodwork. The "s" at the end of "cherubims" is quite unnecessary, "cherubim" itself being plural.

Every cherub had two faces.--In Ezekiel 1, 10 the cherubim are represented each with four faces, but being merely symbolic, not actual creatures, they may be modified at pleasure, and here, in accordance with the exigencies of the carving, they have but two faces.

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.)

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
were alternating
וְתִֽמֹרָה֙ (wə·ṯi·mō·rāh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8561: A palm-like pilaster

carved
וְעָשׂ֥וּי (wə·‘ā·śui)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

cherubim
כְּרוּבִ֖ים (kə·rū·ḇîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3742: Probably an order of angelic beings

and palm trees.
וְתִֽמֹרִ֑ים (wə·ṯi·mō·rîm)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 8561: A palm-like pilaster

Each cherub
לִכְר֔וּב (liḵ·rūḇ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3742: Probably an order of angelic beings

had two
וּשְׁנַ֥יִם (ū·šə·na·yim)
Conjunctive waw | Number - md
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

faces:
פָּנִ֖ים (pā·nîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 6440: The face


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