A moment in scripture
1 Kings 6:24
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And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing unto the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.
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The surrounding passage
- 1 Kings 6:22
And the whole house he overlaid with gold, until he had finished all the house: also the whole altar that was by the oracle he overlaid with gold.
- 1 Kings 6:23
And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree, each ten cubits high.
- 1 Kings 6:25
And the other cherub was ten cubits: both the cherubims were of one measure and one size.
- 1 Kings 6:26
The height of the one cherub was ten cubits, and so was it of the other cherub.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.