18. of palm trees and winged creatures. Palm trees alternated with creatures, one following the other, all the way round the room. Each creature had two faces:
19. a human face that was turned towards the palm tree on one side, and a lion's face that was turned towards the tree on the other side. It was like this all round the wall,
20. from the floor to above the doors.
21. The doorposts of the Holy Place were square.In front of the entrance of the Most Holy Place there was something that looked like
22. a wooden altar. It was 1.5 metres high and one metre wide. Its cornerposts, its base, and its sides were all made of wood. The man said to me, “This is the table which stands in the presence of the Lord.”
23. There was a door at the end of the passage leading to the Holy Place and one also at the end of the passage leading to the Most Holy Place.
24. They were double doors that swung open in the middle.
25. There were palm trees and winged creatures carved on the doors of the Holy Place, just as there were on the walls. And there was a wooden covering over the outside of the doorway of the entrance room.
26. At the sides of this room there were windows, and the walls were decorated with palm trees.