“We are told too that "the words of the Lord are pure words, as silver tried in the fire"; again, in another place "the tongue of the just" is said to be "as silver tried by fire." And the cherubim are described as golden, because they are by interpretation the plentitude of knowledge. And it is commanded also that a c…”
Origen of Alexandria, 3th c. — COMMENTARY ON THE SONG OF SONGS 2:8
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18And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
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16And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
17And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
— Exodus 25:18 —
19And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
20And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.