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Ezekiel 41
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.
Ezekiel 42
¹ Then the man led me out of the Temple courtyard by way of the north gateway. We entered the outer courtyard and came to a group of rooms against the north wall of the inner courtyard.
² This structure, whose entrance opened toward the north, was 175 feet long and 871/2 feet wide.
³ One block of rooms overlooked the 35-foot width of the inner courtyard. Another block of rooms looked out onto the pavement of the outer courtyard. The two blocks were built three levels high and stood across from each other.