Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, 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 midst of the house.

They stretched forth the wings of the cherubims

Bible References

They stretched forth the wings of the cherubims

Exodus 25:20
The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing each other. The faces of the cherubim are to be looking downward toward the mercy seat.
Exodus 37:9
The cherubim spread out their wings upward, covering and protecting the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were [looking downward] toward the mercy seat.
2 Chronicles 3:11
The wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits: one wing of one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the other cherub’s wing.
2 Chronicles 5:8
for the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, making a covering above the ark and its carrying poles.