17. The panelling stopped just above the doorway. These walls were decorated
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 panelling all the way around the two rooms.
21. The doorframe to the temple's main room was in the shape of a rectangle.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 metres high and one metre square, and its corners, its base, and its sides were made of wood. The man said, “This is a reminder that the Lord is constantly watching over his temple.”