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Bible Verses About Cherubim

19 verses · 21 aspects

Key Bible Verses

  1. And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.

  2. And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof.

  3. And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

  4. And out of the midst thereof came the likeness of four living creatures. And this was their appearance: they had the likeness of a man;

  5. and every one had four faces, and every one of them had four wings.

  6. And their feet were straight feet; and the sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like burnished brass.

  7. And they had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides; and they four had their faces and their wings thus:

  8. their wings were joined one to another; they turned not when they went; they went every one straight forward.

  9. As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man; and they four had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four had also the face of an eagle.

  10. And their faces and their wings were separate above; two wings of every one were joined one to another, and two covered their bodies.

  11. And above the firmament that was over their heads was the likeness of a throne, as the appearance of a sapphire stone; and upon the likeness of the throne was a likeness as the appearance of a man upon it above.

  12. And I saw as it were glowing metal, as the appearance of fire within it round about, from the appearance of his loins and upward; and from the appearance of his loins and downward I saw as it were the appearance of fire, and there was brightness round about him.

  13. As the appearance of the bow that is in the cloud in the day of rain, so was the appearance of the brightness round about. This was the appearance of the likeness of the glory of Jehovah. And when I saw it, I fell upon my face, and I heard a voice of one that spake.

  14. And I looked, and behold, four wheels beside the cherubim, one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub; and the appearance of the wheels was like unto a beryl stone.

  15. And as for their appearance, they four had one likeness, as if a wheel had been within a wheel.

  16. When they went, they went in their four directions: they turned not as they went, but to the place whither the head looked they followed it; they turned not as they went.

  17. And it was made with cherubim and palm-trees; and a palm-tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces;

  18. so that there was the face of a man toward the palm-tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm-tree on the other side. Thus was it made through all the house round about:

  19. from the ground unto above the door were cherubim and palm-trees made; thus was the wall of the temple.