Ezekiel 41:23

Ezekiel 41:23 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
• New International Version (NIV)Both the main hall and the Most Holy Place had double doors.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The nave and the Holy Place had each a double door.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

Context of Ezekiel 41:23

21The doorposts of the nave were square; as for the front of the sanctuary, the appearance of one doorpost was like that of the other. 22The altar was of wood, three cubits high and two cubits long; and its corners, its base, and its sides were wood. And he said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.” The nave (Holy Place) and the sanctuary (Holy of Holies) each had a double door. 24Each of the doors had two leaves, two swinging (folding) leaves; two leaves for the one door and two leaves for the other. 25And there were carved on them, on the doors of the nave, cherubim and palm decorations like those carved on the walls; and there was a threshold of wood on the front of the porch outside.

Ezekiel 41:23 word by word

וּשְׁתַּ֧יִם דְּלָת֛וֹת לַֽהֵיכָ֖ל וְלַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the templeהֵיכָלhêykâl · temple: naveH1964
• and the sanctuaryקֹ֫דֶשׁqôdesh · Holy PlaceH6944
• had twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• doorsדֶּ֫לֶתdeleth · doorH1817

Cross-references for Ezekiel 41:23

• 1 Kings 6:31For the entrance of the Holy of Holies he made two [folding] doors of olive wood, the lintel (header above the door) and five-sided doorposts (frames).
• 2 Chronicles 4:22and the snuffers, the basins, the dishes [for incense], and the firepans, of pure gold; and for the entrance of the house (temple), the inner doors for the Holy of Holies and the doors of the Holy Place (main room), were of gold.

Commentaries on Ezekiel 41:23

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 23-25Verses 23-25 See the marginal reference. Ezekiel 41:25 Thick planks - Others render it: leaves in wood (and in Ezekiel 41:26).Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5-26The temple had 90 side rooms on three levels. Behind it was a large building with an unknown purpose, possibly to prevent unauthorized access. No one could approach God's presence from behind. The side rooms might have stored priestly clothing and equipment.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-261. tabernacle--As in the measurement of the outer porch he had pointed to Solomon's temple, so here in the edifice itself, he points to the old tabernacle, which being eight boards in breadth (each one and a half cubits broad) would make in all twelve cubits, as here. On the interior it was only ten cubits.Read the comment

In the dictionaries

• Gate
• Architecture
• Atonement, Day of
• Cherubim (1)
• Criticism
• Desire of All Nations
• Ezekiel
• Leviticus
• Priest, High
• Priests and Levites

Commentaries on Ezekiel 41

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings