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Ezekiel

Ezekiel 
Day 
Day 436

"The separating courtyard"

Text: Ezekiel 41:12

SEPARATING COURTYARDS

The building that faced the Western end had no gate at all. However, there was a strong wall to give it a sense of strength and majesty.

“The building that faced the separating courtyard at its western end was seventy cubits wide; the wall of the building was five cubits thick all around, and its length ninety cubits. So he measured the temple, one hundred cubits long; and the separating courtyard with the building and its walls was one hundred cubits long; also the width of the eastern face of the temple, including the separating courtyard, was one hundred cubits. He measured the length of the building behind it, facing the separating courtyard, with its galleries on the one side and on the other side, one hundred cubits, as well as the inner temple and the porches of the court, their doorposts and the beveled window frames. And the galleries all around their three stories opposite the threshold were paneled with wood from the ground to the windows—the windows were covered— from the space above the door, even to the inner room, as well as outside, and on every wall all around, inside and outside, by measure. And it was made with cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Each cherub had two faces, so that the face of a man was toward a palm tree on one side, and the face of a young lion toward a palm tree on the other side; thus it was made throughout the temple all around. From the floor to the space above the door, and on the wall of the sanctuary, cherubim and palm trees were carved.”
Ezekiel 41:12-20

1. The length and breadth of the Temple.

They were carefully measured. They were of equal lengths.

2. The doors and windows.

a) They were well-designed.

b) And were elegantly decorated.

3. The faces of the carved cherubim.

a) The face of a man.

b) The face of a lion.

4. Decorative value.

a) Cherubim and palm trees.

b) Angels and men were meant to reflect the glory of God.