1 Samuel 3:15

Samuel … opened the doors. In Exodus 26:36 : Exodus 36:37 , the word used, though translated door, really means an opening, protected by a hanging curtain. The word used here means double or folding doors of wood, and we must therefore conclude that solid buildings had grown up round the tabernacle (see on 1 Samuel 1:9 ), and a wall for its defence in case of invasion, or the assault of predatory tribes. The confiding the keys of these enclosures to Samuel shows that he was no longer a mere child, or he would have been incapable of holding a position of such high trust (on the key as an emblem of authority see Isaiah 22:22 ). Vision , as noticed above on Exodus 36:10 , means something seen by a person awake and in full possession of his senses.