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Cherubim in Tabernacle and Temple

Cherubim were used extensively as ornaments in the Tabernacle and various Jewish temples. In the Tabernacle, cherubim were embroidered on the curtains and depicted on the mercy seat covering the Ark of the Covenant. In Solomon's temple, cherubim were carved into the inner sanctuary and placed over the ark, and they were depicted on the veil and walls. Ezekiel's visionary temple also had carvings of cherubim on the inner walls and doors. While the second temple of Herod lacked actual cherubim statues, its walls were painted with images of them.

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Cherubim in Tabernacle and Temple

Cherubim were used extensively as ornaments in the Tabernacle and various Jewish temples. In the Tabernacle, cherubim were embroidered on the curtains and depicted on the mercy seat covering the Ark of the Covenant. In Solomon's temple, cherubim were carved into the inner sanctuary and placed over the ark, and they were depicted on the veil and walls. Ezekiel's visionary temple also had carvings of cherubim on the inner walls and doors. While the second temple of Herod lacked actual cherubim statues, its walls were painted with images of them.

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D. AS ORNAMENTS IN THE TABERNACLE AND TEMPLE...

1. In the tabernacle
a. On the mercy-seat covering the ark were two cherubim of
solid gold
1) Facing each other, with wings outstretched above - Exo
25:18-20; 37:7-9
2) On which the glory of the Lord appeared, and from which
He spoke - Exo 25:22; Num 7:89; cf. 1Sa 4:4; 2Sa 6:2;
He 9:5
b. On the curtains were woven artistic designs of cherubim
- Exo 26:1; 36:8
c. On the veil of the tabernacle also - Exo 26:31; 36:35
2. In the temple of Solomon
a. In the inner sanctuary, the Most Holy Place - 1Ki 6:23-29;
2Ch 3:10-13
1) Placed over the ark of the covenant - 1Ki 8:6-7; 2 Chr
5:7-8
2) Where God's presence was manifested - 2Ki 19:15; Psa
80:1; 99:1
b. On the veil - 2Ch 3:14
c. On the walls and door - 1Ki 6:29-35; 2Ch 3:7
d. On the ten carts and ten lavers - 1Ki 7:29,36
3. In the temple of Ezekiel
a. That is, the temple seen by Ezekiel in a vision - Ezek 41-43
b. The inner walls of the temple were carved with alternating
palm trees and cherubim, each with two faces, a lion on one
side, a man on the other - Eze 41:18-20
c. The doors of the sanctuary were carved with cherubim - Eze
41:23-25
4. In the temple of Herod
a. "There were no cherubim in the temple of Herod, but the
walls were painted with figures of them (see Talmud)."
- ISBE
b. "In the times of Josephus no one knew what the Scriptural
cherubim looked like (Ant., VIII, iii, 3)." - ISBE

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