³ Now the cherubim were standing on the south side of the temple when the man went in, and a cloud filled the inner court.

⁴ The glory^(A) of the Lord entered the temple through the gate facing east.^(B)

³ Now the glory^(A) of the God of Israel went up from above the cherubim,^(B) where it had been, and moved to the threshold of the temple. Then the Lord called to the man clothed in linen who had the writing kit at his side

¹⁶ He then brought me into the inner court^(A) of the house of the Lord, and there at the entrance to the temple, between the portico and the altar,^(B) were about twenty-five men. With their backs toward the temple of the Lord and their faces toward the east, they were bowing down to the sun^(C) in the east.^(D)