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It was made with cherubim and palm trees. A palm tree was between cherub and cherub, and every cherub had two faces,
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Verse 18. Two. Before he describes them with four faces. But they varied, (Exodus 25:18) or the other two might be against the wall. Calmet.—The cherub signified “knowledge,” and the palm-tree victory, to shew that man must be instructed with divine knowledge, and so fight for the victory. The face of man implied that Christ would suffer, and that of a lion announced that he would overcome all his enemies. Worthington.
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