Bible Cross References
the altar
Exodus 30:1-10
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"Make an altar out of acacia wood, for burning incense.
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It is to be square, 18 inches long and 18 inches wide, and it is to be 36 inches high. Its projections at the four corners are to form one piece with it.
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Cover its top, all four sides, and its projections with pure gold, and put a gold border around it.
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Make two gold carrying rings for it and attach them below the border on two sides to hold the poles with which it is to be carried.
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Make these poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold.
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Put this altar outside the curtain which hangs in front of the Covenant Box. That is the place where I will meet you.
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Every morning when Aaron comes to take care of the lamps, he is to burn sweet-smelling incense on it.
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He must do the same when he lights the lamps in the evening. This offering of incense is to continue without interruption for all time to come.
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Do not offer on this altar any forbidden incense, any animal offering, or any grain offering, and do not pour out any wine offering on it.
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Once a year Aaron is to perform the ritual for purifying the altar by putting on its four projections the blood of the animal sacrificed for sin. This is to be done every year for all time to come. This altar is to be completely holy, dedicated to me, the LORD."
1 Kings 7:48
Solomon also had gold furnishings made for the Temple: the altar, the table for the bread offered to God,
the chariot
Exodus 25:18-22
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Make two winged creatures of hammered gold,
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one for each end of the lid. Make them so that they form one piece with the lid.
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The winged creatures are to face each other across the lid, and their outspread wings are to cover it.
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Put the two stone tablets inside the Box and put the lid on top of it.
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I will meet you there, and from above the lid between the two winged creatures I will give you all my laws for the people of Israel.
1 Samuel 4:4
So they sent messengers to Shiloh and got the Covenant Box of the LORD Almighty, who is enthroned above the winged creatures. And Eli's two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, came along with the Covenant Box.
1 Kings 6:23-30
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Two winged creatures were made of olive wood and placed in the Most Holy Place, each one 15 feet tall.
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Both were of the same size and shape. Each had two wings, each wing 7 1/2 feet long, so that the distance from one wing tip to the other was 15 feet.
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They were placed side by side in the Most Holy Place, so that two of their outstretched wings touched each other in the middle of the room, and the other two wings touched the walls.
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The two winged creatures were covered with gold.
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The walls of the main room and of the inner room were all decorated with carved figures of winged creatures, palm trees, and flowers.
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Even the floor was covered with gold.
Psalm 18:10
He flew swiftly on his winged creature; he traveled on the wings of the wind.
Psalm 68:17
With his many thousands of mighty chariots the Lord comes from Sinai into the holy place.
Psalm 80:1
Listen to us, O Shepherd of Israel; hear us, leader of your flock. Seated on your throne above the winged creatures,
Psalm 99:1
The LORD is king, and the people tremble. He sits on his throne above the winged creatures, and the earth shakes.
Ezekiel 1:15-24
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As I was looking at the four creatures I saw four wheels touching the ground, one beside each of them.
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All four wheels were alike; each one shone like a precious stone, and each had another wheel intersecting it at right angles,
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so that the wheels could move in any of the four directions.
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The rims of the wheels were covered with eyes.
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Whenever the creatures moved, the wheels moved with them, and if the creatures rose up from the earth, so did the wheels.
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The creatures went wherever they wished, and the wheels did exactly what the creatures did, because the creatures controlled them.
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So every time the creatures moved or stopped or rose in the air, the wheels did exactly the same.
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Above the heads of the creatures there was something that looked like a dome made of dazzling crystal.
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There under the dome stood the creatures, each stretching out two wings toward the ones next to it and covering its body with the other two wings.
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I heard the noise their wings made in flight; it sounded like the roar of the sea, like the noise of a huge army, like the voice of Almighty God. When they stopped flying, they folded their wings,
Ezekiel 10:2-22
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God said to the man wearing linen clothes, "Go between the wheels under the creatures and fill your hands with burning coals. Then scatter the coals over the city." I watched him go.
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The creatures were standing to the south of the Temple when he went in, and a cloud filled the inner courtyard.
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The dazzling light of the LORD's presence rose up from the creatures and moved to the entrance of the Temple. Then the cloud filled the Temple, and the courtyard was blazing with the light.
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The noise made by the creatures' wings was heard even in the outer courtyard. It sounded like the voice of Almighty God.
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When the LORD commanded the man wearing linen clothes to take some fire from between the wheels that were under the creatures, the man went in and stood by one of the wheels.
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One of the creatures reached his hand into the fire that was there among them, picked up some coals, and put them in the hands of the man in linen. The man took the coals and left.
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I saw that each creature had what looked like a human hand under each of its wings.
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I also saw that there were four wheels, all alike, one beside each creature. The wheels shone like precious stones, and each one had another wheel which intersected it at right angles.
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When the creatures moved, they could go in any direction without turning. They all moved together in the direction they wanted to go, without having to turn around.
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Their bodies, backs, hands, wings, and wheels were covered with eyes.
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I heard a voice calling out, "Whirling wheels."
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Each creature had four faces. The first was the face of a bull, the second a human face, the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle.
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(They were the same creatures that I had seen by the Chebar River.) When the creatures rose in the air
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and moved, the wheels went with them. Whenever they spread their wings to fly, the wheels still went with them.
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When the creatures stopped, the wheels stopped; and when the creatures flew, the wheels went with them, because the creatures controlled them.
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Then the dazzling light of the LORD's presence left the entrance of the Temple and moved to a place above the creatures.
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They spread their wings and flew up from the earth while I was watching, and the wheels went with them. They paused at the east gate of the Temple, and the dazzling light was over them.
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I recognized them as the same creatures which I had seen beneath the God of Israel at the Chebar River.
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Each of them had four faces, four wings, and what looked like a human hand under each wing.
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Their faces looked exactly like the faces I had seen by the Chebar River. Each creature moved straight ahead.
Hebrews 9:5
Above the Box were the winged creatures representing God's presence, with their wings spread over the place where sins were forgiven. But now is not the time to explain everything in detail.