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Lintel

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: L By: James P. Boyd

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(boundary). Support over window or door (Ex. 12:22²²And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the bason, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the bason; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning. (Exodus 12:22); 1 Kings 6:31³¹And for the entering of the oracle he made doors of olive tree: the lintel and side posts were a fifth part of the wall. (1 Kings 6:31)).

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