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Exodus 20:4-5 Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth: 5. Thou ...
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Exodus 25:18-19 (KJV):

And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

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Numbers 21:8-9 (KJV):

And the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live.

And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.

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1 Kings 6:23,28-29 (KJV):

And within the oracle he made two cherubims of olive tree....

And he overlaid the cherubims with gold.

And he carved all the walls of the house round about with carved figures of cherubims and palm trees and open flowers, within and without.

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Galatians 3:1 (RSV):

O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you, before whose eyes Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified?
OgFOMK ArTS · 1w
The Cherubim are not for worship. In fact they face each other. The serpent also was not too be worshipped. God also directly addressed Moses and instructed him according to the cunning workers chosen. Nothing about setting up an image of God which is an abomination! Leviticus 26:1 Ye shall mak...