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Winged, heavenly creatures represented in the tabernacle and the temple.

Description of the cherubim

Ezekiel 10:12-14 See also Ezekiel 1:4-14,22-24; Ezekiel 10:5,8,21-22; Ezekiel 41:18-19; Revelation 4:6-8

Cherubim represented in the tabernacle and the temple

Cherubim as decorations

Exodus 26:1 See also Exodus 36:8; 1 Kings 6:29 pp 2 Chronicles 3:7; 1 Kings 7:29,36

Cherubim at the entrance to the inner sanctuary

Exodus 26:31-33; Exodus 36:35; 1 Kings 6:32,35; 2 Chronicles 3:14

Cherubim over the ark of the covenant

Hebrews 9:5 See also Exodus 25:17-22; Exodus 37:7-9; Numbers 7:89; 1 Kings 6:23-28 pp 2 Chronicles 3:10-13; 1 Kings 8:6-7 pp 2 Chronicles 5:7-8; 1 Chronicles 28:18

Cherubim represented in Ezekiel's vision of the temple

Ezekiel 41:18,20,25

Cherubim represent the place of God's throne

1 Samuel 4:4 See also 2 Samuel 6:2 pp 1 Chronicles 13:6; 2 Kings 19:15 pp Isaiah 37:16; Psalm 80:1; Psalm 99:1; Ezekiel 10:1; Revelation 4:6; Revelation 5:6

Cherubim as guardians

Genesis 3:24 See also Ezekiel 28:14,16

Cherubim as God's chariot

2 Samuel 22:11 pp Psalm 18:10 See also 1 Chronicles 28:18

Cherubim as agents of judgment

Cherubim remove God's glory

Ezekiel 9:3; Ezekiel 10:3-4,15-19; Ezekiel 11:22-23

God's judgment poured out

Ezekiel 10:2,6-7; Revelation 6:1-8 the living creatures release the four horsemen of God's judgment on earth; Revelation 15:7

See also

1045  God, glory of
1065  God, holiness of
4114  angels and praise
4180  seraphim
4627  creatures
4690  wings
5252  chariots
5581  throne
5698  guardian
7306  ark of the covenant
7459  tabernacle, in OT
7467  temple, Solomon's