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16 the thresholds, the beveled windows, and the balconies all around with their three levels opposite the threshold-were overlaid with wood on all sides. [They were paneled] from the ground to the windows (but the windows were covered),
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as well as the thresholds and the narrow windows and galleries around the three of them—everything beyond and including the threshold was covered with wood. The floor, the wall up to the windows, and the windows were covered.
17 reaching to the top of the entrance, and as far as the inner temple and on the outside. On every wall all around, on the inside and outside, was a pattern
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In the space above the outside of the entrance to the inner sanctuary and on the walls at regular intervals all around the inner and outer sanctuary
18 carved with cherubim and palm trees. There was a palm tree between each pair of cherubim. Each cherub had two faces:
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were carved cherubim and palm trees. Palm trees alternated with cherubim. Each cherub had two faces:
19 a human face turned toward the palm tree on one side, and a lion's face turned toward it on the other. They were carved throughout the temple on all sides.
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the face of a human being toward the palm tree on one side and the face of a lion toward the palm tree on the other. They were carved all around the whole temple.
20 Cherubim and palm trees were carved from the ground to the top of the entrance and on the wall of the great hall.
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From the floor to the area above the entrance, cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall of the main hall.
21 The doorposts of the great hall were square, and the front of the sanctuary had the same appearance.
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The main hall had a rectangular doorframe, and the one at the front of the Most Holy Place was similar.
22 The altar was made of wood, five and a quarter feet high and three and a half feet long. It had corners, and its length and sides were of wood. The man told me, "This is the table that stands before the Lord."
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There was a wooden altar three cubits high and two cubits square ; its corners, its base and its sides were of wood. The man said to me, “This is the table that is before the LORD.”
23 The great hall and the sanctuary each had a double door,
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Both the main hall and the Most Holy Place had double doors.
24 and each of the doors had two swinging panels. There were two panels for one door and two for the other.
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Each door had two leaves—two hinged leaves for each door.
25 Cherubim and palm trees were carved on the doors of the great hall like those carved on the walls. There was a wooden canopyoutside, in front of the portico.
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And on the doors of the main hall were carved cherubim and palm trees like those carved on the walls, and there was a wooden overhang on the front of the portico.
26 There were beveled windows and palm trees on both sides, on the sidewalls of the portico, the side rooms of the temple, and the canopies.
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On the sidewalls of the portico were narrow windows with palm trees carved on each side. The side rooms of the temple also had overhangs.
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