1 Kings 6
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1 Kings 6:23-33

23For the inner sanctuary he made a pair of cherubim out of olive wood, each ten cubits high.

24One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing five cubits—ten cubits from wing tip to wing tip.

25The second cherub also measured ten cubits, for the two cherubim were identical in size and shape.

26The height of each cherub was ten cubits.

27He placed the cherubim inside the innermost room of the temple, with their wings spread out. The wing of one cherub touched one wall, while the wing of the other touched the other wall, and their wings touched each other in the middle of the room.

28He overlaid the cherubim with gold.

29On the walls all around the temple, in both the inner and outer rooms, he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers.

30He also covered the floors of both the inner and outer rooms of the temple with gold.

31For the entrance to the inner sanctuary he made doors out of olive wood that were one fifth of the width of the sanctuary.

32And on the two olive-wood doors he carved cherubim, palm trees and open flowers, and overlaid the cherubim and palm trees with hammered gold.

33In the same way, for the entrance to the main hall he made doorframes out of olive wood that were one fourth of the width of the hall.

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