Exodus 25:18

²⁰This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.

⁵and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.

⁶The priests brought in the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the cherubim’s wings. ⁷For the cherubim spread their wings out over the place of the ark, and the cherubim covered the ark and its poles above.

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.

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 the LORD’s covenant.

²³In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim^[+] of olive wood, each ten cubits high. ²⁴Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub, and five cubits was the length of the other wing of the cherub. From the tip of one wing to the tip of the other was ten cubits. ²⁵The other cherub was ten cubits. Both the cherubim were of one measure and one form. ²⁶One cherub was ten cubits high, and so was the other cherub. ²⁷He set the cherubim within the inner house. The wings of the cherubim were stretched out, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the middle of the house. ²⁸He overlaid the cherubim with gold.

⁷He made two cherubim of gold. He made them of beaten work, at the two ends of the mercy seat: ⁸one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends. ⁹The cherubim spread out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

⁴So the people sent to Shiloh, and they brought from there the ark of the covenant of the LORD 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.

¹⁸It was made with cherubim and palm trees. A palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces, ¹⁹so that there was the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. It was made like this through all the house all around.

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.