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What are cherubim? Are cherubs angels?



    
    

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Shea S. Michael Houdmann Supporter Got Questions Ministries
Cherubim/cherubs are angelic beings involved in the worship and praise of God. The cherubim are first mentioned in the Bible in Genesis 3:24, "After He drove the man out, He placed on the east side...

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My picture Jack Gutknecht Supporter ABC/DTS graduate, guitar music ministry Baptist church
"Cherubim" is the plural name of "cherub." In the Temple of Ezekiel, Ezekiel represents the inner walls of the temple as carved with alternating palm trees and cherubim, each with two faces, the lion looking on one side, the man on the other (Ezek 41:18-25).
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My Quest Study Bible says that these may be different from the cherubim described in Ezekiel 10:14 in that those cherubim had four faces whereas the carving shown in Ezekiel 41:18-25 was "only a one-sided view."

Yes, cherubim are angels.

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