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Ezekiel Chapter 41

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September 10, 2025

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🌟 The Most Amazing City Ever! 🌟

🌊 The River of Life

The angel showed John something incredible – a beautiful river that sparkled like diamonds! This wasn’t ordinary water, but the river of lifea that flowed right from God’s throne and Jesus the Lamb’s throne. Imagine the clearest, most beautiful water you’ve ever seen, but even more amazing than that!

🌳 The Amazing Tree of Life

Right in the middle of the golden street, and on both sides of this special river, grew the most wonderful tree ever – the tree of life!b This tree was so amazing that it grew twelve different kinds of delicious fruit, and it made new fruit every single month! And get this – the leaves on this tree could heal people from every nation on earth. How cool is that?

✨ No More Bad Things

In this perfect city, there will never be anything bad or scary ever again! God and Jesus will live right there with everyone, and all of God’s people will get to serve Him and be close to Him. The most amazing part? Everyone will get to see God’s facec – something that’s never happened before because God is so holy and perfect! And God will write His special name right on everyone’s forehead, showing they belong to Him.

☀️ Never Dark Again

There won’t be any nighttime in this city, and nobody will need flashlights or even the sun, because God Himself will be their light! It will be bright and beautiful all the time. And all of God’s people will get to be kings and queens who rule forever and ever with Jesus!

📖 God’s Promise is True

The angel told John something very important: “Everything you’ve heard is completely true! God, who gives messages to His prophets, sent His angel to show His servants what’s going to happen very soon.”
Then Jesus Himself spoke to John: “Look, I’m coming back soon! Anyone who remembers and follows what’s written in this book will be so blessed and happy!”

🙏 Don’t Worship Angels

John was so amazed by everything he saw that he fell down to worship the angel! But the angel quickly stopped him and said, “Don’t worship me! I’m just a servant like you and all the prophets and everyone who obeys God’s word. Only worship God!”

📚 Share This Message

The angel told John not to keep this message secret, but to share it with everyone because Jesus is coming back soon! He explained that people who want to keep doing wrong things will keep doing them, but people who want to do right things will keep doing them too. Everyone gets to choose!

🎁 Jesus is Coming with Rewards

Jesus said, “Look, I’m coming soon, and I’m bringing rewards with Me! I’ll give each person exactly what they deserve for how they lived. I am the Alpha and Omegad – the very first and the very last, the beginning and the end of everything!”

🚪 Who Gets to Enter

“The people who have washed their clothes cleane will be so blessed! They’ll get to eat from the tree of life and walk right through the gates into My beautiful city. But people who choose to keep doing very bad things – like hurting others, lying, and worshiping fake gods – will have to stay outside.”

⭐ Jesus, the Bright Morning Star

“I, Jesus, sent My angel to tell all the churches this amazing news! I am both the Root and the Child of King Davidf, and I am the bright Morning Star that shines in the darkness!”

💒 Come to Jesus

God’s Spirit and the bride (that’s all of God’s people together!) both say, “Come!” And everyone who hears this should say, “Come!” If you’re thirsty for God, come and drink! Anyone who wants to can have the free gift of life-giving water!

⚠️ Don’t Change God’s Words

John gave everyone a very serious warning: Don’t add anything to God’s words in this book, and don’t take anything away from them either! God’s words are perfect just the way they are, and changing them would bring terrible trouble.

🎉 Jesus is Coming Soon!

Jesus promised one more time: “Yes, I am coming soon!”
And John replied, “Amen! Come, Lord Jesus! Please come quickly!”
May the grace and love of the Lord Jesus be with all of God’s people. Amen!

📝 Kid-Friendly Footnotes

  • aRiver of life: This is special water that gives eternal life! It’s like the most refreshing drink ever, but it makes you live forever with God.
  • bTree of life: This is the same tree that was in the Garden of Eden with Adam and Eve. Now it’s back in God’s perfect city, and everyone who loves Jesus gets to eat from it!
  • cSee God’s face: Right now, God is so holy and perfect that people can’t look at Him directly. But in heaven, everyone who loves Jesus will get to see God face to face – like the best hug ever!
  • dAlpha and Omega: These are the first and last letters of the Greek alphabet (like A and Z in English). Jesus is saying He’s the beginning and end of everything!
  • eWashed their clothes clean: This means people who asked Jesus to forgive their sins. Jesus makes our hearts clean like washing dirty clothes!
  • fRoot and Child of King David: Jesus is both God (so He’s greater than King David) and human (so He’s from David’s family). This shows Jesus is the special King God promised to send!
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    Afterward he brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits broad on the one side, and six cubits broad on the other side, [which was] the breadth of the tabernacle.
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    And the breadth of the door [was] ten cubits; and the sides of the door [were] five cubits on the one side, and five cubits on the other side: and he measured the length thereof, forty cubits: and the breadth, twenty cubits.
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    Then went he inward, and measured the post of the door, two cubits; and the door, six cubits; and the breadth of the door, seven cubits.
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    So he measured the length thereof, twenty cubits; and the breadth, twenty cubits, before the temple: and he said unto me, This [is] the most holy [place].
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    After he measured the wall of the house, six cubits; and the breadth of [every] side chamber, four cubits, round about the house on every side.
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    And the side chambers [were] three, one over another, and thirty in order; and they entered into the wall which [was] of the house for the side chambers round about, that they might have hold, but they had not hold in the wall of the house.
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    And [there was] an enlarging, and a winding about still upward to the side chambers: for the winding about of the house went still upward round about the house: therefore the breadth of the house [was still] upward, and so increased [from] the lowest [chamber] to the highest by the midst.
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    I saw also the height of the house round about: the foundations of the side chambers [were] a full reed of six great cubits.
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    The thickness of the wall, which [was] for the side chamber without, [was] five cubits: and [that] which [was] left [was] the place of the side chambers that [were] within.
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    And between the chambers [was] the wideness of twenty cubits round about the house on every side.
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    And the doors of the side chambers [were] toward [the place that was] left, one door toward the north, and another door toward the south: and the breadth of the place that was left [was] five cubits round about.
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    Now the building that [was] before the separate place at the end toward the west [was] seventy cubits broad; and the wall of the building [was] five cubits thick round about, and the length thereof ninety cubits.
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    So he measured the house, an hundred cubits long; and the separate place, and the building, with the walls thereof, an hundred cubits long;
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    Also the breadth of the face of the house, and of the separate place toward the east, an hundred cubits.
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    And he measured the length of the building over against the separate place which [was] behind it, and the galleries thereof on the one side and on the other side, an hundred cubits, with the inner temple, and the porches of the court;
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    The door posts, and the narrow windows, and the galleries round about on their three stories, over against the door, cieled with wood round about, and from the ground up to the windows, and the windows [were] covered;
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    To that above the door, even unto the inner house, and without, and by all the wall round about within and without, by measure.
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    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;
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    So 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.
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    From the ground unto above the door [were] cherubims and palm trees made, and [on] the wall of the temple.
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    The posts of the temple [were] squared, [and] the face of the sanctuary; the appearance [of the one] as the appearance [of the other].
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    The altar of wood [was] three cubits high, and the length thereof two cubits; and the corners thereof, and the length thereof, and the walls thereof, [were] of wood: and he said unto me, This [is] the table that [is] before the LORD.
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    And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
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    And the doors had two leaves [apiece], two turning leaves; two [leaves] for the one door, and two leaves for the other [door].
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    And [there were] made on them, on the doors of the temple, cherubims and palm trees, like as [were] made upon the walls; and [there were] thick planks upon the face of the porch without.
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    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.
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    Then the man brought me into the outer sanctuary and measured the side pillars to be six cubits wide on each side.
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    The width of the entrance was ten cubits, and the sides of the entrance were five cubits on each side. He also measured the length of the outer sanctuary to be forty cubits, and the width to be twenty cubits.
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    And he went into the inner sanctuary and measured the side pillars at the entrance to be two cubits wide. The entrance was six cubits wide, and the walls on each side were seven cubits wide.
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    Then he measured the room adjacent to the inner sanctuary to be twenty cubits long and twenty cubits wide. And he said to me, “This is the Most Holy Place.”
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    Next he measured the wall of the temple to be six cubits thick, and the width of each side room around the temple was four cubits.
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    The side rooms were arranged one above another in three levels of thirty rooms each. There were ledges all around the wall of the temple to serve as supports for the side rooms, so that the supports would not be fastened into the wall of the temple itself.
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    The side rooms surrounding the temple widened at each successive level, because the structure surrounding the temple ascended by stages corresponding to the narrowing of the temple wall as it rose upward. And so a stairway went up from the lowest story to the highest, through the middle one.
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    I saw that the temple had a raised base all around it, forming the foundation of the side rooms. It was the full length of a rod, six long cubits.
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    The outer wall of the side rooms was five cubits thick, and the open area between the side rooms of the temple
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    and the outer chambers was twenty cubits wide all around the temple.
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    The side rooms opened into this area, with one entrance on the north and another on the south. The open area was five cubits wide all around.
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    Now the building that faced the temple courtyard on the west was seventy cubits wide, and the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, with a length of ninety cubits.
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    Then he measured the temple to be a hundred cubits long, and the temple courtyard and the building with its walls were also a hundred cubits long.
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    The width of the temple courtyard on the east, including the front of the temple, was a hundred cubits.
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    Next he measured the length of the building facing the temple courtyard at the rear of the temple, including its galleries on each side; it was a hundred cubits. The outer sanctuary, the inner sanctuary, and the porticoes facing the court,
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    as well as the thresholds and the beveled windows and the galleries all around with their three levels opposite the threshold, were overlaid with wood on all sides. They were paneled from the ground to the windows, and the windows were covered.
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    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,
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    were alternating carved cherubim and palm trees. Each cherub had two faces:
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    the 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.
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    Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary from the floor to the space above the entrance.
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    The outer sanctuary had a rectangular doorframe, and the doorframe of the sanctuary was similar.
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    There was an altar of wood three cubits high and two cubits square. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. And the man told me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”
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    Both the outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary had double doors,
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    and each door had two swinging panels. There were two panels for one door and two for the other.
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    Cherubim and palm trees like those on the walls were carved on the doors of the outer sanctuary, and there was a wooden canopy outside, on the front of the portico.
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    There were beveled windows and palm trees on the sidewalls of the portico. The side rooms of the temple also had canopies.

Ezekiel Chapter 41 Commentary

1What’s Ezekiel 41 about?
2The Full Context
3What the Ancient Words Tell Us
4What Would the Original Audience Have Heard?
5Wrestling with the Text
6How This Changes Everything
7Key Takeaway
8Further Reading

Measuring God’s New House: When Precision Meets Promise

What’s Ezekiel 41 about?

Ezekiel gets taken on a detailed architectural tour of God’s future temple, complete with measurements that would make any contractor nervous. It’s not just about blueprints—it’s about God showing His people that He’s serious about coming back home.

The Full Context

Picture this: you’re an exile in Babylon, your temple is rubble back in Jerusalem, and you’re wondering if God has given up on you entirely. Then suddenly, God gives one of His prophets the most detailed building plans in Scripture. Ezekiel 41 comes right in the middle of Ezekiel’s grand temple vision (chapters 40-48), written around 573 BC to a community that desperately needed hope.

This isn’t just Ezekiel having architectural fantasies. The prophet is being shown God’s blueprint for restoration—a temple so magnificent and precisely planned that it makes Solomon’s temple look like a rough draft. Every measurement, every detail serves as God’s promise that exile isn’t the end of the story. The literary placement is crucial too: sandwiched between judgment oracles and restoration promises, this temple vision represents the turning point from despair to hope, from absence to presence.

What the Ancient Words Tell Us

The Hebrew word for “measured” (madad) appears repeatedly throughout this chapter, and it’s the same word used when someone carefully portions out grain or marks property boundaries. When the heavenly guide measures everything with his reed, he’s not just taking inventory—he’s claiming territory.

Grammar Geeks

The Hebrew construction here uses perfect tenses throughout, which in prophetic literature often indicates certainty rather than past action. God isn’t showing Ezekiel possibilities—He’s showing him what will be.

The temple structure itself tells a story through its Hebrew vocabulary. The hekal (main hall) and the devir (inner sanctuary) use the same terms from Solomon’s temple, but the measurements are different. God isn’t just rebuilding the old—He’s creating something better.

Notice how the text obsesses over qomah (height), orek (length), and rochab (width). In ancient Near Eastern thinking, precise measurements weren’t just practical—they were theological. A god who could specify exact dimensions was a god who had absolute control over space and matter.

What Would the Original Audience Have Heard?

To Jewish exiles hearing these measurements, this wasn’t boring technical documentation—it was the most exciting news imaginable. Their grandparents had watched Solomon’s temple burn. They’d grown up hearing stories about the glory that was lost, the presence that had departed.

Did You Know?

Archaeological evidence shows that ancient temple building was considered so sacred that measurements were often kept secret and passed down through priestly families. God revealing exact specifications meant He was treating His people like trusted architects of His dwelling place.

When Ezekiel describes the almah (side chambers) going up three stories, his audience would have gasped. Solomon’s temple was impressive, but this vision showed expansion, growth, multiplication. The chambers weren’t just restored—they were multiplied, suggesting God’s presence wouldn’t just return but would be more abundant than before.

The mention of palm trees and cherubim carved everywhere would have reminded them of Eden imagery. This wasn’t just about getting their temple back—it was about paradise returning to earth.

Wrestling with the Text

Here’s where things get fascinating and frustrating at the same time. The measurements in Ezekiel 41 don’t match the historical temples we know about. Some scholars have tried to reconstruct this temple and discovered that certain architectural features seem physically impossible with ancient building techniques.

Wait, That’s Strange…

The side chambers are described as getting wider as they go up, which violates basic principles of ancient architecture. Either Ezekiel is describing miraculous construction, or we’re meant to understand these measurements symbolically rather than literally.

The Hebrew text itself presents puzzles. Verse 22 mentions an altar that’s described as being made of wood, which would be highly unusual and potentially dangerous for burnt offerings. The measurement units shift between ammah (cubits) and qaneh (reeds), sometimes without clear indication of which is being used.

But maybe that’s the point. Perhaps God is showing Ezekiel something that transcends normal architectural limitations—a dwelling place that operates by divine rather than human engineering principles.

How This Changes Everything

This detailed temple vision does something revolutionary: it transforms the exile from ending to intermission. By showing such specific, concrete plans, God is essentially saying, “I’m not done with you yet. In fact, I’m planning something bigger than you’ve ever seen.”

The precision of these measurements matters because it reflects the precision of God’s promises. When God makes a covenant, He doesn’t deal in vague generalities. He knows exactly what He’s building, exactly how it will function, exactly when each piece will fit together.

“When God shows you the blueprints, He’s not asking your opinion on the design—He’s inviting you to trust His architectural vision for your future.”

For the original audience, every cubit and every carved palm tree represented hope measured out in exact portions. For us, it demonstrates that God’s plans for restoration aren’t wishful thinking—they’re engineered with divine precision.

Key Takeaway

When God gives you detailed promises, He’s not trying to overwhelm you with information—He’s showing you that your future is as carefully planned as a master architect’s blueprint. Trust the measurements, even when you can’t see the full building yet.

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Ezekiel 41:1, Ezekiel 40:1, 1 Kings 6:2, Revelation 21:15, temple vision, divine presence, restoration, exile, covenant promises, architectural imagery, Eden imagery, sacred space, precision, hope

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