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So God created the great creatures of the sea and every living thing with which the water teems and that moves about in it, according to their kinds, and every winged bird according to its kind. And God saw that it was good.
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They had with them every wild animal according to its kind, all livestock according to their kinds, every creature that moves along the ground according to its kind and every bird according to its kind, everything with wings.
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‘You yourselves have seen what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.
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The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover.
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The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover.
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He shall tear it open by the wings, not dividing it completely, and then the priest shall burn it on the wood that is burning on the altar. It is a burnt offering, a food offering, an aroma pleasing to the Lord.
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“‘These are the birds you are to regard as unclean and not eat because they are unclean: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,
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But these you may not eat: the eagle, the vulture, the black vulture,
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But any winged creature that is clean you may eat.
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The Lord will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,
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like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them aloft.
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May the Lord repay you for what you have done. May you be richly rewarded by the Lord, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have come to take refuge.”
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Saul and Jonathan— in life they were loved and admired, and in death they were not parted. They were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
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He mounted the cherubim and flew; he soared on the wings of the wind.
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One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing five cubits—ten cubits from wing tip to wing tip.
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He 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.
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The priests then brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.
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The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its carrying poles.
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and the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense. He also gave him the plan for the chariot, that is, the cherubim of gold that spread their wings and overshadow the ark of the covenant of the Lord.
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The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the temple wall, while its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the other cherub.
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Similarly one wing of the second cherub was five cubits long and touched the other temple wall, and its other wing, also five cubits long, touched the wing of the first cherub.
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The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main hall.
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The priests then brought the ark of the Lord’s covenant to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, and put it beneath the wings of the cherubim.
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The cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and covered the ark and its carrying poles.
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They skim past like boats of papyrus, like eagles swooping down on their prey.
