The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
Parallel translations
- WEB The temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
- KJV And the temple and the sanctuary had two doors.
- BSB Both the outer sanctuary and the inner sanctuary had double doors,
- NASB The sanctuary and the inner sanctuary each had a double door.
- NLT Both the sanctuary and the Most Holy Place had double doorways,
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Quick answer
Both the temple and the inner sanctuary had double doors. Each holy space was marked by a defined and dignified entrance.
Overview
Ezekiel notes that the nave and the Most Holy Place each had two doors. The doors mark thresholds of increasing holiness as one moves inward. These guarded entrances recall the limited access of the old covenant, now opened wide through Christ, who is the door into God's presence (John 10:9).
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 3
- 1 Kgs 6:31–35For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made doors of olive wood. The lintel and door posts were a fifth part of the wall.
- 2 Chr 4:22and the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and the fire pans of pure gold. As for the entry of the house, its inner doors for the most holy place and the doors of the main hall of the temple were of gold.
- Ezek 41:1He brought me to the temple, and measured the posts, six cubits wide on the one side, and six cubits wide on the other side, which was the width of the tent.
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