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Then he measured the depth of the building facing the yard at the west, together with its galleries on either side, one hundred cubits. The nave of the temple and the inner room and the outer vestibule
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were paneled, and, all around, all three had windows with recessed frames. Facing the threshold the temple was paneled with wood all around, from the floor up to the windows (now the windows were covered),
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to the space above the door, even to the inner room, and on the outside. And on all the walls all around in the inner room and the nave there was a pattern.
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It was formed of cherubim and palm trees, a palm tree between cherub and cherub. Each cherub had two faces:
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a human face turned toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion turned toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around;
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from the floor to the area above the door, cherubim and palm trees were carved on the wall.
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The doorposts of the nave were square. In front of the holy place was something resembling
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an altar of wood, three cubits high, two cubits long, and two cubits wide; its corners, its base, and its walls were of wood. He said to me, "This is the table that stands before the Lord."
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The nave and the holy place had each a double door.
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The doors had two leaves apiece, two swinging leaves for each door.
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On the doors of the nave were carved cherubim and palm trees, such as were carved on the walls; and there was a canopy of wood in front of the vestibule outside.