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 outer sanctuary were square. In front of the sanctuary one doorpost looked just like the other. 22The altar was of wood, 5¼ feet high, with its length 3½ feet; its corners, its length, and its walls were of wood. He said to me, “This is the table that is before the Lord.” The outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary each had a double door. 24Each of the doors had two leaves, two swinging leaves; two leaves for one door and two leaves for the other. 25On the doors of the outer sanctuary were carved cherubim and palm trees, like those carved on the walls, and there was a canopy of wood on the front of the outside porch.

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 6:31He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided.
• 2 Chronicles 4:22the pure gold trimming shears, basins, pans, and censers, and the gold door sockets for the inner sanctuary (the most holy place) and for the doors of the main hall 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

• 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