35 Bible Verses about Cherubim

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Ezekiel 10:14

And four faces to the one: the one face the face of the cherub, and the second face the face of a man, and the third, the face of a lion, and the fourth, the face of an eagle.

Ezekiel 28:14

Thou the cherub of expansion covering; and I gave thee: thou wert in the holy mountain of God; thou walkedst about in the midst of the stones of fire.

Ezekiel 10:9

And I shall see, and behold, the four wheels by the cherubs, one wheel by the one cherub, and one wheel by the one cherub: and the vision of the wheels as the eye of a stone of topaz.

Genesis 3:24

And he will drive out Adam; and he will set up from the east of the garden of Eden, cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning itself about to keep the way of the tree of lives.

Psalm 18:10

And he will ride upon a cherub, and will fly: and he will fly upon the wings of the wind.

Isaiah 6:2

And seraphs standing from above to it; six wings, six wings to one; with two he will cover his face, and with two he will cover his feet, and with two he will fly.

Exodus 25:20

And the cherubs shall be spreading their wings on high, covering with their wings over the cover; and their faces each to the other; to the cover shall be the faces of the cherubs.

Ezekiel 1:6

And four faces to one, and four wings to one, to them.

Ezekiel 10:5

And the voice of the wings of the cherubs was heard, even to the enclosure without, as the voice to the Almighty in his speaking.

Ezekiel 10:12

And all their flesh, and their back, and their hands, and their wings, and the wheels being filled with eyes round about, the wheels to them four.

Exodus 25:18

And make two cherubs of gold; of turned work shalt thou make them, from the two ends of the cover.

Ezekiel 10:15

And the cherubs will be lifted up. This the living creature which I saw by the river Chebar.

Ezekiel 10:8

And there will be seen to the cherubs the form of a man's hand under their wings.

Ezekiel 10:18

And the glory of Jehovah went forth from off the threshold of the house, and it will stand over the cherubs.

Exodus 25:19

And make the one cherub from this end, and one cherub from this end: thus of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubs upon its two ends.

1 Kings 8:7

For the cherubims spreading out their wings to the place of the ark, and the cherubims will cover over the ark and over the parts from above.

Exodus 25:22

And I was known to thee there, and I spake to thee from above the cover, from between the two cherubs which are upon the ark of the testimony, all which I shall command thee to the sons of Israel.

2 Chronicles 3:11

And the wings of the cherubims their length, twenty cubits: the one wing to five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the wing of the other, five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

Ezekiel 10:2

And he will say to the man clothed with linen, and he will say, Go in between the wheel, underneath to the cherub, and fill thy fists with coals of fire from between the cherubs, and scatter over the city. And he will go in before mine eyes.

Ezekiel 10:16

And in the going of the cherubs, the wheels by them will go: and in the lifting up of the cherubs their wings to rise up from the earth, the wheels they also from beside them will not turn.

Ezekiel 11:22

And the cherubs will lift up their wings, and the wheels with them; and the glory of the God of Israel over them from above.

Exodus 37:9

And the cherubs shall be spreading out the wings from upwards, covering with their wings over the cover, and their faces each to his brother: to the cover were the faces of the cherubs.

Ezekiel 9:3

And the glory of the God of Israel came up from the cherub where he Was upon it, to the threshold of the house. And he will call to the man clothed with linen to whom the inkhorn of the scribe upon his loins.

Ezekiel 10:4

And the glory of Jehovah will rise from off the cherub over the threshold of the house, and the house will be filled with the cloud, and the enclosure was filled with the shining of the glory of Jehovah.

Revelation 4:8

And the four living creatures, one by itself, had six wings together round about; and within full of eyes; and they have no rest day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God, the Omnipotent Ruler, who was, and who being, and who coming.

Exodus 26:31

And make a vail of cerulean purple, and red purple, and double scarlet, and twisted byssus, the work of the artificer: he shall make with it Cherubs.

Psalm 80:1

To the overseer for the lilies of the testimonies; to Asaph a chanting. O thou feeding Israel, give ear, guiding Joseph as sheep.; thou dwelling in the cherubs, shine forth.

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Cherubim » Images of

Numbers 7:89

And in Moses going in to the tent of appointment to speak to him, and he will hear the voice speaking to him from above the cover upon the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubs: and he will speak to him.

Exodus 25:18

And make two cherubs of gold; of turned work shalt thou make them, from the two ends of the cover.

1 Kings 6:35

And he carved cherubims,and palm-trees, and opening flower-buds; and he overlaid with gold made even upon the carving.

Exodus 37:9

And the cherubs shall be spreading out the wings from upwards, covering with their wings over the cover, and their faces each to his brother: to the cover were the faces of the cherubs.

1 Samuel 4:4

And the people will send to Shiloh, and they will lift up from thence the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of armies, sitting upon the Cherubims: and there the two sons of Eli with the ark of the covenant of God, Hophni and Phinehas.

Cherubim » The glory of God exhibited upon

Ezekiel 1:22

And the likeness upon the heads of the living creatures a firmament as the eye of the terrible crystal, stretched forth upon their heads from above.

Ezekiel 1:26-28

And from above to the expansion which was over their head as the appearance of a sapphire stone: the likeness of a throne, and over the likeness of a throne, the likeness as the appearance of a man upon it from above. And I shall see as the appearance of burnished brass, as the appearance of fire within to it round about, from the appearance of his loins and above, and from the appearance of his loins to below, I saw as the appearance of fire, and a shining to it round about. As the appearance of the bow which will be in the cloud in the day of rain, so the appearance of the shining round about This the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And I shall see it and I shall fall upon my face, and I shall hear the voice of him speaking.

Ezekiel 10:4

And the glory of Jehovah will rise from off the cherub over the threshold of the house, and the house will be filled with the cloud, and the enclosure was filled with the shining of the glory of Jehovah.

Ezekiel 10:18

And the glory of Jehovah went forth from off the threshold of the house, and it will stand over the cherubs.

Ezekiel 10:20

This the living creature I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I shall know that they are the cherubs.

Cherubim » Angelic

Genesis 3:24

And he will drive out Adam; and he will set up from the east of the garden of Eden, cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning itself about to keep the way of the tree of lives.

Ezekiel 10:20

This the living creature I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I shall know that they are the cherubs.

Ezekiel 10:5

And the voice of the wings of the cherubs was heard, even to the enclosure without, as the voice to the Almighty in his speaking.

Ezekiel 11:22

And the cherubs will lift up their wings, and the wheels with them; and the glory of the God of Israel over them from above.

Cherubim » Of gold » God's presence manifested between

2 Samuel 6:2

And David will rise and go and all the people which were with him from the lords of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God which the name was called the name of Jehovah of armies sitting the cherubims over it

Psalm 80:1

To the overseer for the lilies of the testimonies; to Asaph a chanting. O thou feeding Israel, give ear, guiding Joseph as sheep.; thou dwelling in the cherubs, shine forth.

Psalm 99:1

Jehovah reigned, the peoples shall be moved: he dwelling in the cherubs; the earth shall quake.

2 Kings 19:15

And Hezekiah will pray before Jehovah, and say, O Jehovah God of Israel, dwelling upon the cherubim; thou God himself alone to all the kingdoms of the earth; thou madest the heavens and the earth.

Cherubim » Of gold » Placed over the ark of the covenant

1 Samuel 4:4

And the people will send to Shiloh, and they will lift up from thence the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of armies, sitting upon the Cherubims: and there the two sons of Eli with the ark of the covenant of God, Hophni and Phinehas.

1 Kings 8:6-7

And the priests will bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to its place to the oracle of the house to the holy of holies, to beneath the wings of the cherubims. For the cherubims spreading out their wings to the place of the ark, and the cherubims will cover over the ark and over the parts from above.

2 Chronicles 5:7-8

And the priests will bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to its place to the oracle of the house, to the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubim. And the cherubims will be spreading forth the wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims will cover over the ark, and over its bars from above.

Cherubim » Engaged in accomplishing the purposes of God

Ezekiel 1:15

And I shall see the living creatures, and behold, one wheel upon the earth by the living creatures, to his four faces.

Ezekiel 10:9-11

And I shall see, and behold, the four wheels by the cherubs, one wheel by the one cherub, and one wheel by the one cherub: and the vision of the wheels as the eye of a stone of topaz. And their appearances one likeness to them four, as the wheel will be in the midst of the wheel. In their going, upon their four sides they will go; they will not turn in their going, for to the place where the head will turn after it will they go; they will not turn in their going.

Ezekiel 10:16-17

And in the going of the cherubs, the wheels by them will go: and in the lifting up of the cherubs their wings to rise up from the earth, the wheels they also from beside them will not turn. In their standing, they will stand: and in their rising, they will rise with them: for the spirit of life was in them:

Cherubim » The ark of the covenant rested beneath the wings of

1 Kings 8:6-7

And the priests will bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to its place to the oracle of the house to the holy of holies, to beneath the wings of the cherubims. For the cherubims spreading out their wings to the place of the ark, and the cherubims will cover over the ark and over the parts from above.

2 Chronicles 5:7-8

And the priests will bring in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah to its place to the oracle of the house, to the holy of holies, under the wings of the cherubim. And the cherubims will be spreading forth the wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims will cover over the ark, and over its bars from above.

Cherubim » Riding on, illustrative of majesty and power of God

2 Samuel 22:11

And he will ride upon a cherub and fly: And he will be seen upon the wings of the wind.

Psalm 18:10

And he will ride upon a cherub, and will fly: and he will fly upon the wings of the wind.

Cherubim » Representations of, made on the » Bases of brazen lavers

1 Kings 7:29

And upon the borders which were between the joinings, lions, oxen, and cherubs: and upon the joinings thus from above: and from beneath to the lions and to the oxen, wreaths, a work of descent

1 Kings 7:36

And he will open, upon the cheeks of its hands and upon its borders, cherubs, lions, and palm-trees, according to the nakedness of each, and wreaths round about

Cherubim » Representations of, made on the » Doors of the temple

1 Kings 6:32

And two doors of woods of oil; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims, and palm-trees, and opening flower-buds, and he overlaid with gold, and he brought down gold upon the cherubims and upon the palm-trees.

1 Kings 6:35

And he carved cherubims,and palm-trees, and opening flower-buds; and he overlaid with gold made even upon the carving.

Cherubim » Of gold » The oracles or answers of God delivered from between

Numbers 7:89

And in Moses going in to the tent of appointment to speak to him, and he will hear the voice speaking to him from above the cover upon the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubs: and he will speak to him.

Exodus 25:22

And I was known to thee there, and I spake to thee from above the cover, from between the two cherubs which are upon the ark of the testimony, all which I shall command thee to the sons of Israel.

Cherubim » Sound of their wings was as the voice of God

Ezekiel 10:5

And the voice of the wings of the cherubs was heard, even to the enclosure without, as the voice to the Almighty in his speaking.

Ezekiel 1:24

And I shall hear the voice of their wings, as the voice of many waters, as the voice of the Almighty in their going, the voice of speech, as the voice of a camp: in their standing, their wings will slacken.

Cherubim » Animated by the spirit of God

Ezekiel 1:12

And they will go each over against his face; to where the spirit will be there to go, they will go; they will not turn in their going.

Ezekiel 1:20

To where the spirit will be there to go they will go, there the spirit to go; and the wheels will be lifted up with them: for the spirit of life in the wheels.

Cherubim » Representations of, made on the » Curtains of the tabernacle

Exodus 26:1

And thou shalt make the tent, ten curtains, white linen twisted, and cerulean purple, and reddish purple, and double scarlet: and cherubs the work of the artificer shalt thou make them.

Exodus 26:31

And make a vail of cerulean purple, and red purple, and double scarlet, and twisted byssus, the work of the artificer: he shall make with it Cherubs.

Cherubim » In the temple

1 Kings 6:23-29

And he will make in the oracle two cherubims of woods of oil, ten cubits its height And five cubits the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the second wing of the cherub: ten cubits from the extremities of its wings and even to the extremities of its wings. And ten by the cubit of the second cherub: one measure and one form to the two cherubs. read more.
The height of the one cherub ten by the cubit, and this to the second cherub. And he will give the cherubims in the midst of the house within: and the cherubims will expand the wings, and the wing of the one will touch upon the wall, and the wing of the second cherub touched upon the second wall; and their wings touched wing to wing to the middle of the house. And he will overlay the cherabims with gold. And all the walls of the house round about he carved with engravings of cherubims and palm trees and opening flower-buds from within and to without

2 Chronicles 3:10-13

And in the house of the holy of holies he will make two cherubims, a work of sculptures, and he will overlay them with gold. And the wings of the cherubims their length, twenty cubits: the one wing to five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the wing of the other, five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub. And the wing of the other cherub, five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing five cubits, cleaving to the wing of the other cherub. read more.
The wings of these cherubims spreading twenty cubits: and they standing upon their feet, and their faces to the house.

Cherubim » Figures of » On the walls

1 Kings 6:29-35

And all the walls of the house round about he carved with engravings of cherubims and palm trees and opening flower-buds from within and to without And the bottom of the house he overlaid with gold from within and to without And the openings of the oracle he made doors of the woods of oil: the projection of door-posts the fifth. read more.
And two doors of woods of oil; and he carved upon them carvings of cherubims, and palm-trees, and opening flower-buds, and he overlaid with gold, and he brought down gold upon the cherubims and upon the palm-trees. And thus be made for the door of the temple, door-posts of woods of oil from the fourth. And two doors of the woods of cypresses: two ribs of the one door rolling, and two ribs of the second door rolling. And he carved cherubims,and palm-trees, and opening flower-buds; and he overlaid with gold made even upon the carving.

2 Chronicles 3:7

And he will cover the house, the beams, the thresholds, and its walls, and its doors, with gold; and he engraved Cherubims upon the walls.

Cherubim » In the tabernacle

Exodus 25:18-20

And make two cherubs of gold; of turned work shalt thou make them, from the two ends of the cover. And make the one cherub from this end, and one cherub from this end: thus of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubs upon its two ends. And the cherubs shall be spreading their wings on high, covering with their wings over the cover; and their faces each to the other; to the cover shall be the faces of the cherubs.

Exodus 37:7-9

And he will make two cherubs of gold of turned work; he made them from the two ends of the cover. One cherub from the end from this, and one cherub from the end from this: out of the cover he made the cherubs out of its two ends. And the cherubs shall be spreading out the wings from upwards, covering with their wings over the cover, and their faces each to his brother: to the cover were the faces of the cherubs.

Cherubim » Representations of, made on the » Vail of the temple

2 Chronicles 3:14

And he will make the vail of cerulean purple, and purple, and crimson, and byssus, and he will bring up cherubims upon it.

Cherubim » Representations of, made on the » Walls of the temple

2 Chronicles 3:7

And he will cover the house, the beams, the thresholds, and its walls, and its doors, with gold; and he engraved Cherubims upon the walls.

Cherubim » Figures of, embroidered » And on the curtain

Exodus 26:31

And make a vail of cerulean purple, and red purple, and double scarlet, and twisted byssus, the work of the artificer: he shall make with it Cherubs.

Exodus 36:35

And he will make a wail of cerulean purple, red purple, double scarlet and twisted byssus: a skilful work he made it cherubs.

Cherubim » Of gold » Formed out of, and at each end of the mercy seat

Exodus 25:18-20

And make two cherubs of gold; of turned work shalt thou make them, from the two ends of the cover. And make the one cherub from this end, and one cherub from this end: thus of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubs upon its two ends. And the cherubs shall be spreading their wings on high, covering with their wings over the cover; and their faces each to the other; to the cover shall be the faces of the cherubs.

Cherubim » In ezekiel's vision of the temple

Ezekiel 41:18-20

And cherubs being made, and palm trees, and a palm tree between a cherub to a cherub: and two faces to the cherub; And the face of man to the palm tree from hence, and the face of a young lion to the palm tree from thence: being made to all the house round about, round about From the earth even to above the entrance, the cherubs and the palm trees being made, and the wall of the temple.

Ezekiel 41:25

And being made upon them upon the doors of the temple, cherubs and palm trees, according to those being upon the walls; and thick wood upon the face of the porch from without

Cherubim » Figures of, embroidered » On the walls of the tabernacle

Exodus 26:1

And thou shalt make the tent, ten curtains, white linen twisted, and cerulean purple, and reddish purple, and double scarlet: and cherubs the work of the artificer shalt thou make them.

Exodus 36:8

And all the wise of heart will work in doing the work of the temple: ten curtains of twisted byssus and cerulean purple, and red purple, and double scarlet; Cherubs a skilful work he made them.

Cherubim » Representations of, made on the » Vail of the tabernacle

Exodus 26:31

And make a vail of cerulean purple, and red purple, and double scarlet, and twisted byssus, the work of the artificer: he shall make with it Cherubs.

Cherubim » Placed at the entrance of eden

Genesis 3:24

And he will drive out Adam; and he will set up from the east of the garden of Eden, cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning itself about to keep the way of the tree of lives.

Cherubim » Form and appearance of » Eze 1:5-11

Cherubim » Figures of » On the lavers

1 Kings 7:29

And upon the borders which were between the joinings, lions, oxen, and cherubs: and upon the joinings thus from above: and from beneath to the lions and to the oxen, wreaths, a work of descent

1 Kings 7:36

And he will open, upon the cheeks of its hands and upon its borders, cherubs, lions, and palm-trees, according to the nakedness of each, and wreaths round about

Cherubim » Called the cherubim of glory

Cherubim » Figurative

Ezekiel 14:16

These three men in its midst, I live, says the Lord Jehovah, if sons and if daughters they shall deliver; they alone shall be delivered, and the land shall be a desolation.

Cherubim » Symbolical

Cherubim » Figures of » On the curtain

2 Chronicles 3:14

And he will make the vail of cerulean purple, and purple, and crimson, and byssus, and he will bring up cherubims upon it.

Cherubim » Eastward of the garden of eden

Genesis 3:24

And he will drive out Adam; and he will set up from the east of the garden of Eden, cherubims, and a flaming sword, turning itself about to keep the way of the tree of lives.

Holy of holies » Contained » Cherubim

Exodus 25:18-22

And make two cherubs of gold; of turned work shalt thou make them, from the two ends of the cover. And make the one cherub from this end, and one cherub from this end: thus of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubs upon its two ends. And the cherubs shall be spreading their wings on high, covering with their wings over the cover; and their faces each to the other; to the cover shall be the faces of the cherubs. read more.
And give the cover upon the ark from on high; and to the ark thou shalt give the testimony which I shall give to thee. And I was known to thee there, and I spake to thee from above the cover, from between the two cherubs which are upon the ark of the testimony, all which I shall command thee to the sons of Israel.

1 Kings 6:23-28

And he will make in the oracle two cherubims of woods of oil, ten cubits its height And five cubits the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the second wing of the cherub: ten cubits from the extremities of its wings and even to the extremities of its wings. And ten by the cubit of the second cherub: one measure and one form to the two cherubs. read more.
The height of the one cherub ten by the cubit, and this to the second cherub. And he will give the cherubims in the midst of the house within: and the cherubims will expand the wings, and the wing of the one will touch upon the wall, and the wing of the second cherub touched upon the second wall; and their wings touched wing to wing to the middle of the house. And he will overlay the cherabims with gold.

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Cherubim Depicted

Exodus 25:18

And make two cherubs of gold; of turned work shalt thou make them, from the two ends of the cover.

Cherubim, As Decorations

Exodus 26:1

And thou shalt make the tent, ten curtains, white linen twisted, and cerulean purple, and reddish purple, and double scarlet: and cherubs the work of the artificer shalt thou make them.

Cherubim, At God's Throne

1 Samuel 4:4

And the people will send to Shiloh, and they will lift up from thence the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of armies, sitting upon the Cherubims: and there the two sons of Eli with the ark of the covenant of God, Hophni and Phinehas.

Cherubim, Description of

Ezekiel 1:4-14

And I shall see, and behold, the spirit of a tempest came from the north, a great cloud, and a fire taking itself, and a shining to it round about, and from its midst as the appearance of burnished brass from the midst of the fire.

Cherubim, Functions Of

Genesis 3:22-24

And Jehovah God will say, Lo, Adam became as one from us, to know good and evil: and now lest he shall send forth his hand and take also of the tree of lives, and eat, and live to eternity:

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