Ezekiel 41:23
New International Version
Both the main hall and the Most Holy Place had double doors.

New Living Translation
Both the sanctuary and the Most Holy Place had double doorways,

English Standard Version
The nave and the Holy Place had each a double door.

Berean Standard Bible
Both the outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary had double doors,

King James Bible
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

New King James Version
The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

New American Standard Bible
The sanctuary and the inner sanctuary each had a double door.

NASB 1995
The nave and the sanctuary each had a double door.

NASB 1977
And the nave and the sanctuary each had a double door.

Legacy Standard Bible
The nave and the sanctuary each had a double door.

Amplified Bible
The nave (Holy Place) and the sanctuary (Holy of Holies) each had a double door.

Christian Standard Bible
The great hall and the sanctuary each had a double door,

Holman Christian Standard Bible
The great hall and the sanctuary each had a double door,

American Standard Version
And the temple and the sanctuary had two 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,

English Revised Version
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
The holy place and the most holy place 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.

International Standard Version
The nave and the sanctuary each were equipped with double doors.

Majority Standard Bible
Both the outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary had double doors,

NET Bible
The outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary each had a double door.

New Heart English Bible
The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

Webster's Bible Translation
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

World English Bible
The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors;

Young's Literal Translation
And two doors are to the temple and to the sanctuary;

Smith's Literal Translation
And two doors to the temple and to the holy place.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
And there were two doors in the temple, and in the sanctuary.

Catholic Public Domain Version
And there were two doors in the temple and in the sanctuary.

New American Bible
The nave had a double door, and the holy place

New Revised Standard Version
The nave and the holy place had each a double door.
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
And two doors each for a folding door
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
And the temple had two doors, and the sanctuary had two doors, with two turning leaves apiece;

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Interior Structures
22There was an altar of wood three cubits high and two cubits square. Its corners, base, and sides were of wood. And the man told me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.” 23Both the outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary had double doors, 24and each door had two swinging panels. There were two panels for one door and two for the other.…

Cross References
Exodus 26:31-33
Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it. / Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases. / And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

1 Kings 6:31-35
For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, Solomon constructed doors of olive wood with five-sided doorposts. / The double doors were made of olive wood, and he carved into them cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold. / In the same way he made four-sided doorposts of olive wood for the sanctuary entrance. ...

2 Chronicles 3:14
He made the veil of blue, purple, and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim woven into it.

Revelation 21:12-13
The city had a great and high wall with twelve gates inscribed with the names of the twelve tribes of Israel, and twelve angels at the gates. / There were three gates on the east, three on the north, three on the south, and three on the west.

Revelation 21:25
Its gates will never be shut at the end of the day, because there will be no night there.

Revelation 4:1
After this I looked and saw a door standing open in heaven. And the voice I had previously heard speak to me like a trumpet was saying, “Come up here, and I will show you what must happen after these things.”

John 10:9
I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.

John 14:6
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

Matthew 7:13-14
Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. / But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it.

Hebrews 9:3
Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

Hebrews 10:19-20
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, / by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body,

Psalm 24:7-10
Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter! / Who is this King of Glory? The LORD strong and mighty, the LORD mighty in battle. / Lift up your heads, O gates! Be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of Glory may enter! ...

Isaiah 26:2
Open the gates so a righteous nation may enter—one that remains faithful.

Isaiah 60:11
Your gates will always stand open; they will never be shut, day or night, so that the wealth of the nations may be brought into you, with their kings being led in procession.

Zechariah 6:12-13
And you are to tell him that this is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Here is a man whose name is the Branch, and He will branch out from His place and build the temple of the LORD. / Yes, He will build the temple of the LORD; He will be clothed in splendor and will sit on His throne and rule. And He will be a priest on His throne, and there will be peaceful counsel between the two.’


Treasury of Scripture

And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.

1 Kings 6:31-35
And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall

2 Chronicles 4:22
And the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers, of pure gold: and the entry of the house, the inner doors thereof for the most holy place, and the doors of the house of the temple, were of gold.

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Ezekiel 41
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Both the outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary
This phrase refers to the two main sections of the temple described in Ezekiel's vision. The "outer sanctuary" is often understood as the Holy Place, while the "inner sanctuary" is the Most Holy Place or the Holy of Holies. In the Hebrew context, the temple is a microcosm of God's dwelling with His people, reflecting the heavenly temple. The distinction between the outer and inner sanctuaries emphasizes the gradation of holiness and the approach to God's presence. Historically, this mirrors the structure of Solomon's Temple, which also had distinct areas for worship and sacrifice, symbolizing the journey of the believer from the world into the presence of God.

had double doors
The presence of "double doors" in both sanctuaries signifies both protection and accessibility. In ancient Near Eastern architecture, double doors were often used in significant buildings to provide security and grandeur. The Hebrew word for "doors" (דְּלָתוֹת, delatot) suggests a barrier that can be opened, indicating that while access to God is restricted, it is not impossible. Theologically, this can be seen as a foreshadowing of Christ, who is described as the "door" (John 10:9) through which believers enter into the presence of God. The double doors also imply a sense of invitation and readiness to receive those who are prepared to enter with reverence and purity, reflecting the dual nature of God's holiness and grace.

Verses 23-26. - The doors of the temple and of the sanctuary form the next subject for description. Again as in the Solomonic edifice (1 Kings 6:31, etc.), the holy place and the holy of holies had two doors; i.e. each had one door composed of two turning (or, folding) leaves, ornamented, like the walls of the house, with carvings of cherubim and palms. On the face of the porch without were thick planks, by which Ewald understands "foliage" or "leafwork," but which, with greater likelihood, were either as Keil renders, "moldings of wood" for the threshold; or "cornicings," as Kliefoth translates; if not, as Smend suggests, projecting beams to afford shelter to one standing in the porch; or as Hengstenberg and Plumptre say, "steps." The last verse states that narrow or closed (as in ver. 16) windows admitted light into the porch, while carvings of palm trees adorned its walls on each side. The cherubic figures, Plumptre hints, were absent, because the porch was a place of less sanctity than the temple. Hengstenberg notes that the words, "thick planks," "thick beams," or "steps," as he translates, fitly close this description, "as placing the extreme east over against the extreme west with which it began."



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Both the outer sanctuary
לַֽהֵיכָ֖ל (la·hê·ḵāl)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1964: A large public building, palace, temple

and the sanctuary
וְלַקֹּֽדֶשׁ׃ (wə·laq·qō·ḏeš)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6944: A sacred place, thing, sanctity

had double
וּשְׁתַּ֧יִם (ū·šə·ta·yim)
Conjunctive waw | Number - fd
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

doors,
דְּלָת֛וֹת (də·lā·ṯō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's 1817: Something swinging, the valve of a, door


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