Holy Scripture
1 Kings 6:24
A church father on this verse
“Wings when used as a figure of holy people signify their virtues whereby they delight in always flying to heavenly things and passing their lives in preoccupation with these things. But when wings are used to signify angels, what do they more aptly demonstrate than the grace of perpetual and unfailing happiness of tho…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
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.
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In context
22And he covered the whole house with gold, till he had finished gilding the whole house.
23And he made in the oracle two cherubs of ten cubits measured size.
— 1 Kings 6:24 —
25Thus it was with the other cherub, both were alike finished with one measure.
26And the height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it with the second cherub.