What Is Lintel in the Bible?
Object
The top part of a doorway, the beam that runs from side to side.
A detail
- In the Bible: at the first Passover, the Israelites put the blood of the lamb on the lintel and the doorposts of their doors.
Where it appears in the Bible
Exodus 12:7; Exodus 12:22; Exodus 12:23
What the Bible says
Exodus 12:7
And they shall take of the blood thereof, and put it upon both the side posts, and on the upper door posts of the houses, wherein they shall eat it.
Exodus 12:22
And dip a bunch of hyssop in the blood that is at the door, and sprinkle the transom of the door therewith, and both the door cheeks: let none of you go out of the door of his house till morning.
Exodus 12:23
For the Lord will pass through striking the Egyptians: and when he shall see the blood on the transom, and on both the posts, he will pass over the door of the house, and not suffer the destroyer to come into your houses and to hurt you.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: Dictionary.com, “lintel”