16. The thresholds, and the oblique windows, and the porticoes, encircling it on three sides, were opposite the threshold of each one, and were floored with wood throughout the entire area. But the floor reached even to the windows, and the windows were closed above the doors;
17. and it reached even to the inner house, and to the exterior, throughout the entire wall, all around the interior and exterior, for the entire extent.
18. And there were cherubim and palm trees wrought, and each palm tree was between one cherub and another, and every cherub had two faces.
19. The face of a man was closest to the palm tree on one side, and the face of a lion was closest to the palm tree on the other side. This was depicted throughout the entire house all around.
20. From the floor, even to the upper parts of the gate, there were cherubim and palm trees engraved in the wall of the temple.
21. The square threshold and the face of the sanctuary were one sight facing the other.
22. The altar of wood was three cubits in height, and its length was two cubits. And its corners, and its length, and its walls were of wood. And he said to me, "This is the table in the sight of the Lord."
23. And there were two doors in the temple and in the sanctuary.
24. And in the two doors, on both sides, were two little doors, which were folded within each other. For two doors were on both sides of the doors.
25. And cherubim were engraved in the same doors of the temple, with the figures of palm trees, as were depicted also on the walls. For this reason also, the boards were thicker in the front of the vestibule on the exterior.
26. Upon these were the oblique windows, with the representation of palm trees on one side as well as on the other, at the sides of the vestibule, in accord with the sides of the house, and the width of the walls.