Exodus 25:18

Two cherubim of hammered gold were to be made at the ends of the mercy seat. These angelic figures guarded and adorned the place of God's presence.

Cross-references · 10

• Ezek 10:20This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.
• Heb 9:5and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.
• 1 Chr 28:18and for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the plans for the chariot, and the cherubim that spread out and cover the ark of Yahweh’s covenant.
• Ezek 10:2He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, “Go in between the whirling wheels, even under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” He went in as I watched.
• 1 Kgs 8:6–7The priests brought in the ark of Yahweh’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the cherubim’s wings.
• 1 Kgs 6:23–28In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.
• 1 Sam 4:4So the people sent to Shiloh; and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of Yahweh of Armies, who sits above the cherubim: and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.
• Ezek 41:18–19It was made with cherubim and palm trees; and a palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;
• Exod 37:7–9He made two cherubim of gold. He made them of beaten work, at the two ends of the mercy seat;
• Gen 3:24So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.

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