1 Kings 6:23

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1 Kings 6:23 (WEB)
In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

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§2130Article 1 · The First CommandmentRead at vatican.va
“Nevertheless, already in the Old Testament, God ordained or permitted the making of images that pointed symbolically toward salvation by the incarnate Word: so it was with the bronze serpent, the ark of the covenant, and the cherubim.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Num 21:4-9; Wis 16:5-14; Jn 3:14-15; Ex 25:10-22; 1 Kings 6:23-28; 7:23-26.

Fathers and councils · 1

Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures Lecture 3
“I do not mean the invisible beings;—away with such a thought, O man,—but the sculptured images, and the mercy-seat, in the midst of which God spake with His voice.” — editor's note: R.C. “But those which had been constructed in the Temple, which were over the mercy-seat of the Ark.” Besides the two Cherubim of solid gold which Moses placed…
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