15 Then he measured the length of the building facing the courtyard at the rear of the temple, with its galleries on either side as 175 feet. The interior of the outer sanctuary and the porch of the court,
16 as well as the thresholds, narrow windows and galleries all around on three sides facing the threshold were paneled with wood all around, from the ground up to the windows (now the windows were covered),
17 to the space above the entrance, to the inner room, and on the outside, and on all the walls in the inner room and outside, by measurement.
18 It was made with cherubim and decorative palm trees, with a palm tree between each cherub. Each cherub had two faces:
19 a human face toward the palm tree on one side and a lion’s face toward the palm tree on the other side. They were carved on the whole temple all around;
20 from the ground to the area above the entrance, cherubim and decorative palm trees were carved on the wall of the outer sanctuary.
21 The doorposts of the outer sanctuary were square. In front of the sanctuary one doorpost looked just like the other.