The height of the one cherub [was] ten cubits, and so [was it] of the other cherub. ] Which is repeated from ( 1 Kings 6:23 ) ; that it might be observed, being of an extraordinary size.
24
Five cubits was the length of one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the length of the other wing of the cherub; it was ten cubits from the tip of one wing to the tip of the other.
25
The other cherub also measured ten cubits; both cherubim had the same measure and the same form.
26
The height of one cherub was ten cubits, and so was that of the other cherub.
27
He put the cherubim in the innermost part of the house; the wings of the cherubim were spread out so that a wing of one was touching the one wall, and a wing of the other cherub was touching the other wall; their other wings toward the center of the house were touching wing to wing.
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