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18-20 with carvings of winged creatures and had a carving of a palm tree between the creatures. Each winged creature had two faces: A human face looking at the palm tree on one side, and a lion's face looking at the palm tree on the other side. These designs were carved into the paneling all the way around the two rooms.

21 The doorframe to the temple's main room was in the shape of a rectangle.

The Wooden Altar

In front of the doorway to the most holy place was something that looked like 22 a wooden altar. It was one and a half meters high and one meter square,[a] and its corners, its base,[b] and its sides were made of wood. The man said, “This is a reminder that the Lord is constantly watching over his temple.”

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Footnotes

  1. 41.22 one meter square: One ancient translation; Hebrew “one meter wide.”
  2. 41.22 base: One ancient translation; Hebrew “length.”

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