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New Living Translation

Ezekiel 41:23

Both the sanctuary and the Most Holy Place had double doorways,

Bible Study Resources

Dictionaries:

- Easton Bible Dictionary - Gate;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Art and Aesthetics;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Fasting;   Moses;   Nations;   Priests and Levites;   Temple;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Palm, Palm Tree,;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Cherub;   Gate;   Temple;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Gate;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cherubim (1);   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cherub;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The great hall and the sanctuary each had a double door,
Hebrew Names Version
The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
King James Version
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
English Standard Version
The nave and the Holy Place had each a double door.
New American Standard Bible
The sanctuary and the inner sanctuary each had a double door.
New Century Version
Both the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place had double doors.
Amplified Bible
The nave (Holy Place) and the sanctuary (Holy of Holies) each had a double door.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the Temple and the Sanctuarie had two doores.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The nave and the sanctuary each had a double door.
Legacy Standard Bible
The nave and the sanctuary each had a double door.
Berean Standard Bible
Both the outer sanctuary and the sanctuary had double doors,
Contemporary English Version
Both the doorway to the main room of the temple and the doorway to the most holy place had two doors,
Complete Jewish Bible
The sanctuary had two doors, and the [Especially] Holy Place
Darby Translation
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
Easy-to-Read Version
Both the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place had a double door.
George Lamsa Translation
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
Good News Translation
There was a door at the end of the passageway to the Holy Place and one also at the end of the passageway to the Most Holy Place.
Lexham English Bible
And the two doors were for the temple and for the sanctuary.
Literal Translation
And two doors were to the temple and the sanctuary.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The temple and the holiest of all had ether of them two dores,
American Standard Version
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
Bible in Basic English
The Temple had two doors.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
King James Version (1611)
And the Temple and the Sanctuarie had two doores.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The temple and the holiest of all had either of them two doores.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the temple had two doors, and the sanctuary had two doors, with two turning leaves apiece;
English Revised Version
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
World English Bible
The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And twei doris weren in the temple, and in the seyntuarie.
Update Bible Version
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
New English Translation
The outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary each had a double door.
New King James Version
The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
New Life Bible
The center room and the most holy place each had two doors.
New Revised Standard
The nave and the holy place had each a double door.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And there were two doors, to the temple, and to the holy place;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there were two doors in the temple, and in the sanctuary.
Revised Standard Version
The nave and the holy place had each a double door.
Young's Literal Translation
And two doors [are] to the temple and to the sanctuary;
THE MESSAGE
Both the main Sanctuary and the Holy Place had double doors. Each door had two leaves: two hinged leaves for each door, one set swinging inward and the other set outward. The doors of the main Sanctuary were carved with angel-cherubim and palm trees. There was a canopy of wood in front of the vestibule outside. There were narrow windows alternating with carved palm trees on both sides of the porch.

Contextual Overview

12 A large building stood on the west, facing the Temple courtyard. It was 122 1⁄2 feet wide and 157 1⁄2 feet long, and its walls were 8 3⁄4 feet thick. 13 Then the man measured the Temple, and it was 175 feet long. The courtyard around the building, including its walls, was an additional 175 feet in length. 14 The inner courtyard to the east of the Temple was also 175 feet wide. 15 The building to the west, including its two walls, was also 175 feet wide. The sanctuary, the inner room, and the entry room of the Temple 16 were all paneled with wood, as were the frames of the recessed windows. The inner walls of the Temple were paneled with wood above and below the windows. 17 The space above the door leading into the inner room, and its walls inside and out, were also paneled. 18 All the walls were decorated with carvings of cherubim, each with two faces, and there was a carving of a palm tree between each of the cherubim. 19 One face—that of a man—looked toward the palm tree on one side. The other face—that of a young lion—looked toward the palm tree on the other side. The figures were carved all along the inside of the Temple, 20 from the floor to the top of the walls, including the outer wall of the sanctuary. 21 There were square columns at the entrance to the sanctuary, and the ones at the entrance of the Most Holy Place were similar.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Kings 6:31-35, 2 Chronicles 4:22

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 6:34 - the two leaves Ezekiel 10:7 - and went Ezekiel 47:1 - the door

Cross-References

Genesis 41:6
Then seven more heads of grain appeared, but these were shriveled and withered by the east wind.
Genesis 41:7
And these thin heads swallowed up the seven plump, well-formed heads! Then Pharaoh woke up again and realized it was a dream.
2 Kings 19:26
That is why their people have so little power and are so frightened and confused. They are as weak as grass, as easily trampled as tender green shoots. They are like grass sprouting on a housetop, scorched before it can grow lush and tall.
Hosea 8:7
"They have planted the wind and will harvest the whirlwind. The stalks of grain wither and produce nothing to eat. And even if there is any grain, foreigners will eat it.
Hosea 9:16
The people of Israel are struck down. Their roots are dried up, and they will bear no more fruit. And if they give birth, I will slaughter their beloved children."
Hosea 13:15
Ephraim was the most fruitful of all his brothers, but the east wind—a blast from the Lord — will arise in the desert. All their flowing springs will run dry, and all their wells will disappear. Every precious thing they own will be plundered and carried away.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors. Or the house of propitiatory, as the Targum; that is, the most holy place; not two doors apiece, but each had one door, which made two; the door of the temple was ten cubits broad, and the door of the most holy place six cubits, Ezekiel 41:2 showing the door is wider, and more enter into the outward visible church, or less perfect state, even some bad, as well as good, than the door of the Jerusalem church state, or heavenly glory, into which fewer enter.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

See the marginal reference.

Ezekiel 41:25

Thick planks - Others render it: leaves in wood (and in Ezekiel 41:26).


 
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