Holy Scripture
1 Kings 6:23
A church father on this verse
“"Cherubim," as the prophet Ezekiel explicitly declares, is a title of dignity, and in the singular number the form cherub is used, but cherubim in the plural. Hence the figures of the cherubim that were made in the oracle can be appropriately taken to mean the angelic retinues that always wait on their Creator in heav…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
23And he made in the oracle two cherubs of ten cubits measured size.
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In context
21in front of the oracle, and covered it with gold.
22And he covered the whole house with gold, till he had finished gilding the whole house.
— 1 Kings 6:23 —
24And the wing of one cherub was five cubits, and his other wing was five cubits; ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other wing.
25Thus it was with the other cherub, both were alike finished with one measure.