- Do the furnishings and measurements of the Temple, as set forth in Ezekiel 40 and this chapter, conform with the description in the Book of Exodus or are there variations — and, if variations, why?
- Does the description conform with that which appears in portraying the “Temple of Solomon”?
- Certain construction details are set forth (as, for example, in Ezekiel 41:6); would this document the prophet’s clear intent to be as specific and definitive in his description as he possibly could be?
- What might the “inner chamber” (Ezekiel 41:15) be describing?
- Has the term “cherubim” (Ezekiel 41:18) been encountered before?
- What images of an artistic nature are described in Ezekiel 41:19?
- The altar is described (Ezekiel 41:22); of what is it constructed?
- Would the windows as described (particularly in Ezekiel 41:26, for example) indicate a specific kind of architecture still followed in parts of Israel?
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