16. were all paneled with wood, as were the frames of the recessed windows. The inner walls of the Temple were paneled with wood above and below the windows.
17. The space above the door leading into the inner room, and its walls inside and out, were also paneled.
18. All the walls were decorated with carvings of cherubim, each with two faces, and there was a carving of a palm tree between each of the cherubim.
19. One face—that of a man—looked toward the palm tree on one side. The other face—that of a young lion—looked toward the palm tree on the other side. The figures were carved all along the inside of the Temple,
20. from the floor to the top of the walls, including the outer wall of the sanctuary.
21. There were square columns at the entrance to the sanctuary, and the ones at the entrance of the Most Holy Place were similar.
22. There was an altar made of wood, 51/4 feet high and 31/2 feet across. Its corners, base, and sides were all made of wood. “This,” the man told me, “is the table that stands in the lord’s presence.”
23. Both the sanctuary and the Most Holy Place had double doorways,
24. each with two swinging doors.
25. The doors leading into the sanctuary were decorated with carved cherubim and palm trees, just as on the walls. And there was a wooden roof at the front of the entry room to the Temple.
26. On both sides of the entry room were recessed windows decorated with carved palm trees. The side rooms along the outside wall also had roofs.