^6:31He made doors of olive wood at the entrance to the inner sanctuary; the pillar on each doorpost was five-sided.⁴⁹^6:32On the two doors made of olive wood he carved⁵⁰ cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom, and he plated them with gold.⁵¹ He plated the cherubs and the palm trees with hammered gold.⁵²^6:33In the same way he made doorposts of olive wood for the entrance to the main hall, only with four-sided pillars.⁵³^6:34He also made⁵⁴ two doors out of wood from evergreens; each door had two folding leaves.⁵⁵^6:35He carved cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom and plated them with gold, leveled out over the carvings.

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Footnotes

49 Heb “the pillar, doorposts, a fifth part” (the precise meaning of this description is uncertain).
50 Heb “carved carvings of.”
51 Heb “he plated [with] gold” (the precise object is not stated).
52 Heb “and he hammered out the gold on the cherubs and the palm trees.”
53 Heb “and so he did at the entrance of the main hall, doorposts of olive wood, from a fourth.”
54 The words “he also made” are added for stylistic reasons.
55 Heb “two of the leaves of the first door were folding, and two of the leaves of the second door were folding.” In the second half of the description, the has קְלָעִים (qéla’im, “curtains”), but this is surely a corruption of צְלָעִים (tséla’im, “leaves”) which appears in the first half of the statement.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors of olivewood; the lintel and the doorposts were five-sided. He covered the two doors of olivewood with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. He overlaid them with gold and spread gold on the cherubim and on the palm trees.

So also he made for the entrance to the nave doorposts of olivewood, in the form of a square, and two doors of cypress wood. The two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. On them he carved cherubim and palm trees and open flowers, and he overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors out of olive wood that were one fifth of the width of the sanctuary. And on the two olive-wood doors he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold. In the same way, for the entrance to the main hall he made doorframes out of olive wood that were one fourth of the width of the hall. He also made two doors out of juniper wood, each having two leaves that turned in sockets. He carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers on them and overlaid them with gold hammered evenly over the carvings.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

For the entrance of the inner sanctuary, he made olive wood doors. The pillars of the doorposts were five-sided. The two doors were made of olive wood. He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold, hammering gold over the cherubim and palm trees. In the same way, he made four-sided olive wood doorposts for the sanctuary entrance. The two doors were made of cypress wood; the first door had two folding sides, and the second door had two folding panels. He carved cherubim, palm trees, and flower blossoms on them and overlaid them with gold applied evenly over the carving.

NLTNew Living Translation

For the entrance to the inner sanctuary, he made double doors of wild olive wood with five-sided doorposts. These double doors were decorated with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers. The doors, including the decorations of cherubim and palm trees, were overlaid with gold.

Then he made four-sided doorposts of wild olive wood for the entrance to the Temple. There were two folding doors of cypress wood, and each door was hinged to fold back upon itself. These doors were decorated with carvings of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers—all overlaid evenly with gold.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

He made doors of olive wood for the doorway of the inner sanctuary, as well as for the doorpost of the fifth doorframe. On the two doors of olive wood he made carvings of cherubim and palm tree images and budding flowers, and he overlaid them with gold by beating out the gold on the cherubim and the palm tree images. Thus he made doorframes of olive wood on four sides for the doorway of the main hall and two doors of cypress wood; one door with two folding panels and the second door with two folding panels. He carved cherubim and palm tree images and budding flowers and overlaid them with gold evenly applied on the carved work.

KJV 1900King James Version

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. The two doors also were of olive tree; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid them with gold, and spread gold upon the cherubims, and upon the palm trees. So also made he for the door of the temple posts of olive tree, a fourth part of the wall. And the two doors were of fir tree: the two leaves of the one door were folding, and the two leaves of the other door were folding. And he carved thereon cherubims and palm trees and open flowers: and covered them with gold fitted upon the carved work.

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