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Thematic Bible



When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the L ORD, he heard a voice speaking to him above the Mercy Seat over the Ark of the Testimony. He spoke to him from between the two cherubim. Verse ConceptsMercy SeatArk Of The Covenant, FunctionAtonement, in OTWorship, Results OfCherubim, As DecorationsCovering The ArkHearing God's VoiceGod's VoiceTwo AngelsPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]Cherubim Depicted

You are to make two cherubim of gold; you are to make them of hammered work at the two ends of the Mercy Seat. Verse ConceptsSculptureTwo AngelsGold Items For The TabernaclCherubim DepictedCherubim

Solomon also inlaid the doors with cherubim, palm trees, and blooming flowers. He overlaid them with gold that was carefully applied on the engraved work. Verse ConceptsCarvingOverlaid With GoldCherubim Depicted

The cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the Mercy Seat with their wings and facing each other. The faces of the cherubim were turned toward the Mercy Seat. Verse ConceptsWingsCovering The ArkFacingAngel's WingsPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]Cherubim

So the people sent word to Shiloh and took away from there the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, who sits above the cherubim. Verse ConceptsJudgment SeatCherubim, At God's ThroneGod Sitting In GloryGod As A WarriorCherubim Depicted

The wingspan of the cherubim was 20 cubits; the wing of one, five cubits long, touched the wall of the Temple, and its other wing, five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub. Verse ConceptsCherubim


The LORD reigns let people tremble; he is seated above the cherubim let the earth quake. Verse ConceptsPraiseJudgment SeatKingsKingship, DivineKnowing God, Effects OfCherubim, At God's ThroneAwe

Above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the place of atonement. (We cannot discuss these things in detail now.) Verse ConceptsCherubim, As DecorationsMercy SeatGod's Shekinah GloryCovering The ArkShadow Of GodPropitiatory [Mercy Seat]Cherubim DepictedCherubimCloud of glory

The gold mice represented the number of all the Philistine towns belonging to the five lords, both fortified towns and unwalled villages. The large stone, beside which they put the Ark of the LORD, is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh. Verse ConceptsVillagesMiceFive PeopleFive ThingsPlaces To This Day

They put the Ark of the LORD, the box, the gold mice, and the images of their tumors on the cart. Verse ConceptsMice

They asked, "What is the guilt offering that we should send back to him?" "Five gold tumors and five gold mice," they answered, "according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, since the same plague was on all of you and on your lords. Make images of your tumors and images of the mice that are destroying your land, and you are to give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will remove his pressure from you, your gods, and your land.

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