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

21There were square columns at the entrance to the sanctuary, and the ones at the entrance of the Most Holy Place were similar. 22There was an altar made of wood, 5-1/4 feet high and 3-1/2 feet across. Its corners, base, and sides were all made of wood. “This,” the man told me, “is the table that stands in the Lord’s presence.” Both the sanctuary and the Most Holy Place had double doorways, 24each with two swinging doors. 25The doors leading into the sanctuary were decorated with carved cherubim and palm trees, just as on the walls. And there was a wooden roof at the front of the entry room to the Temple.

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 to the inner sanctuary, he made double doors of wild olive wood with five-sided doorposts.
• 2 Chronicles 4:22the lamp snuffers, bowls, ladles, and incense burners—all of solid gold; the doors for the entrances to the Most Holy Place and the main room of the Temple, overlaid with 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