God’s Word Translation
Ezekiel 41:23
23The holy place and the most holy place had two doors.
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 doorframes in the holy place were square. In front of the most holy place was something similar. 22There was a wooden altar, 5 feet high and 3½ feet wide. Its corners, its base, and its sides were made of wood. Then the man told me, “This is the table that is in the presence of the Lord.” The holy place and the most holy place had two doors. 24Each of the doors were double doors that swung open. 25Pictures of angels and palm trees were carved on the doors of the holy place as on the walls. There was a wooden roof hanging over the outer entrance hall.
Read all of Ezekiel 41Ezekiel 41:23 word by word
וּשְׁתַּ֧יִם דְּלָת֛וֹת לַֽהֵיכָ֖ל וְלַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Ezekiel 41:23
- 1 Kings 6:31He made doors for the entrance to the inner room out of olive wood. The doorposts had five sides.
- 2 Chronicles 4:22snuffers, basins, dishes, incense burners of pure gold, the gold entrance to the temple, the gold doors of the inner ⌞room⌟ (the most holy place), and the gold doors of the temple.
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
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
God’s Word Translation — © 1995 God’s Word to the Nations Bible Society
Commentaries