“Now you, son of man, take a sharp sword, use it as you would a barber’s razor, and shave your head and beard. Then take a set of scales and divide the hair.

“Because you maintained an ancient hatred and handed over the Israelites to the power of the sword in the time of their disaster, the time of final punishment,

There was a barrier of 21 inches in front of the recesses on both sides, and the recesses on each side were 10½ feet square.

carved with cherubim and palm trees. There was a palm tree between each pair of cherubim. Each cherub had two faces: