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“Come Near unto Me”: Guarded Space and Its Mediators in the Jerusalem Temple

… parts of the temple. Some of these guardians, such as the cherubim, were part of the iconography of the temple, and the … and a half the breadth thereof. And thou shalt make two cherubims [22] of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, …

“Come Near unto Me”

… parts of the temple. Some of these guardians, such as the cherubim, were part of the iconography of the temple, and the … and a half the breadth thereof. And thou shalt make two cherubims [23] of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, …

“That I May Dwell among Them”: Liminality and Ritual in the Tabernacle

… purple and embroidered with gold filament in the image of cherubim (see Exodus 26: 31). The presence of the same color … (the other “doors”), the veil also included images of cherubim similar to those on the innermost roof covering. …

Darkness, Light, and the Lord: Elements of Israelite Theophanies

… creatures are present, though now they are referred to as “cherubims.” [38] Since it has been suggested that cherubim are symbolic of thunderclouds [39] and seraphim of …

The Promise and the Provocation

… was also embroidered with gold filament in the image of cherubim (Exodus 26:31). The presence of the same color … (the other “doors”), the veil also included images of cherubim similar to those on the innermost roof covering. …

Temples in the Near East and Israel

… and covered with strips of linen cloth embroidered with cherubim (winged composite creatures with human heads), … embroidered curtain depicting representations of cherubim—traditional guardians of thrones of kings in the …

The Garden of Eden, the Ancient Temple, and Receiving a New Name

… the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and … and flowers alone would conjure images of Eden, but the cherubim make the reference certain; in fact, outside of the …

Moses 4: Partaking of the Fruit—Knowledge, Accountability, and Redemption

… the man, and I placed at the east of the Garden of Eden, cherubim [63] and a flaming sword, which turned every way to … The Joseph Smith Papers . [63] “ Angelic sentries ( Heb ‘cherubim’). The cherubim in the Bible seem to be a class of …

Approaching Holiness: Sacred Space in Ezekiel's Temple Vision

… of the sanctuary were decorated with both palm trees and cherubim (Ezekiel 41:20). In addition to these wall … there were made upon them—upon the doors of the great hall—cherubim and palm trees, like [those] made for the walls [of …

Latter-day Saint Liturgical Practice: The Psalms and the Day of Atonement

… of God, as the high priest was allowed to pass the cherubim or angels stitched upon the veil into the symbolic … procession reflects the journey of Israel past the cherubim placed eastward of Eden and back into the presence …