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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Exd 36:8 — And every wise hearted man among them that wrought the work of the tabernacle made ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] cherubims of cunning work made he them.
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wise
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Exd 31:6; Exd 35:10 |
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made
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Exd 26:1-37; 1Ch 15:1 |
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cherubims
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"Keroovim, cherubim, not cherubims. What these were we cannot determine. Some, observing that the verb kerav in Syriac, sometimes means to resemble, make like, conceive the noun keroov signifies no more than an image, figure, or representation of anything. Josephus says they were flying animals, like none of those which are seen by man, but such as Moses saw about the throne of God. In another place he says, ""As for the cherubim, nobody can tell or conceive what they were like."" These symbolical figures, according to the description of them by Ezekiel, in Eze 1:10; 10:14; were creatures with four heads and one body; and the animals of which these forms consisted were the noblest of their kind; the lion among the wild beasts; the bull among the tame ones; the eagle among the birds, and man at the head of all. Hence some have conceived them to be somewhat of the shape of flying oxen; and it is alleged in favour of this opinion, that the far more common meaning of the verb kerav, in Chaldee, Syriac, and Arabic, b" |
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Exd 31:6 |
And I, behold, I have given with him Aholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan: and in the hearts of all that are wise hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded thee; |
 
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Exd 35:10 |
And every wise hearted among you shall come, and make all that the LORD hath commanded; |
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Exd 26:1 |
Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle [with] ten curtains [of] fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: [with] cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them. |
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Exd 26:2 |
The length of one curtain [shall be] eight and twenty cubits, and the breadth of one curtain four cubits: and every one of the curtains shall have one measure. |
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Exd 26:3 |
The five curtains shall be coupled together one to another; and [other] five curtains [shall be] coupled one to another. |
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Exd 26:4 |
And thou shalt make loops of blue upon the edge of the one curtain from the selvedge in the coupling; and likewise shalt thou make in the uttermost edge of [another] curtain, in the coupling of the second. |
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Exd 26:5 |
Fifty loops shalt thou make in the one curtain, and fifty loops shalt thou make in the edge of the curtain that [is] in the coupling of the second; that the loops may take hold one of another. |
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1Ch 15:1 |
And [David] made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent. |
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Eze 1:10 |
As for the likeness of their faces, they four had the face of a man, and the face of a lion, on the right side: and they four had the face of an ox on the left side; they four also had the face of an eagle. |
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Eze 10:14 |
And every one had four faces: the first face [was] the face of a cherub, and the second face [was] the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "Exodus 36:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/Exd/36/8.html>.
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