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# doorpost #
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## Definition: ##
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The "doorpost" is a vertical beam on either side of a door, which supports the top of the door frame.
* Just before God helped the Israelites escape from Egypt, he instructed them to kill a lamb and put its blood on their doorposts.
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* In the Old Testament, a slave who desired to serve his master the rest of his life would place his ear on the doorpost of his master's house to have a nail hammered through his ear into the doorpost.
* This could also be translated as "wooden post on either side of a door" or "sides of a wooden doorframe" or "wood beams on the sides of a doorway."
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(See also: [[other/egypt]], [[kt/passover]])
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## Bible References: ##
* [1 Kings 06:31-32](en/tn/1ki/help/06/31)
* [Deuteronomy 11:20-21](en/tn/deu/help/11/20)
* [Exodus 12:5-8](en/tn/exo/help/12/05)
* [Isaiah 57:7-8](en/tn/isa/help/57/07)