Exodus 25:18

Instructions For Making The Ark Of The Covenant

¹⁷ Make a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide. ¹⁸ Make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat. ¹⁹ Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. At its two ends, make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat.

Mercy Seat

Atonement Cover

Genesis 3:24

He drove man out and stationed the cherubim and the flaming, whirling sword east of the garden of Eden to guard the way to the tree of life.

Exodus 37:7-9

He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat,

1 Samuel 4:4

So the people sent men to Shiloh to bring back the ark of the covenant of the Lord of Hosts, who dwells between the cherubim. Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

1 Kings 6:23-28

In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim 15 feet high out of olive wood.

1 Kings 8:6-7

The priests brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the temple, to the most holy place beneath the wings of the cherubim.

1 Chronicles 28:18

the weight of refined gold for the altar of incense; and the plans for the chariot of the gold cherubim that spread out their wings and cover the ark of the Lord’s covenant.

Ezekiel 10:2

The Lord spoke to the man clothed in linen and said, “Go inside the wheelwork beneath the cherubim. Fill your hands with hot coals from among the cherubim and scatter them over the city.” So he went in as I watched.

Ezekiel 10:20

These were the living creatures I had seen beneath the God of Israel by the Chebar Canal, and I recognized that they were cherubim.

Ezekiel 41:18-19

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

Hebrews 9:5

The cherubim of glory were above it overshadowing the mercy seat. It is not possible to speak about these things in detail right now.