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Close detail of one wooden two-faced relief: one human face and one young-lion face facing separate palm carvings, repeating vertically near nave entrance; avoid live creature.
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Ezekiel 41:19-20

Two faces in the carvings

Rooms, Carvings, and the Inner House · Ezekiel 41

Story guide: The human and lion faces turned toward palms illustrate the two-faced cherubim carved throughout the house.

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19with a human face toward the palm tree on one side, and a young lion’s face toward the palm tree on the other side. They were made all around the whole temple.

20From the floor to above the entrance, cherubim and palm trees were made, and on the wall of the nave.

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