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[Alexandr Korol]

Cherubs description from Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherub)

The Bible contains several different descriptions of cherubim. The cherubim in the Tabernacle and in the Temple each have one face (Exodus 25:20) and two wings (Exodus 25:20, 1 Kings 6:24, 27). The Prophet Ezekiel in his vision (Ezekiel 1:5) describes the cherubim somewhat differently: these are humanoid creatures with four wings (two raised up and touching each other, and two down and covering the body), four legs, similar to a bull, but sparkling, “like shining brass”, four arms under each of the four wings and four faces: a man and a lion (on the right side), a bull and an eagle (on the left). See tetramorph for more details. Near each of them there is a wheel. The entire body of the cherubs, their backs, their arms, their wings, as well as their wheels, are all covered with eyes. The mode of transportation is walking and flying.

“and in the fire was what looked like four living creatures. In appearance their form was human, but each of them had four faces and four wings. Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze. Under their wings on their four sides they had human hands. All four of them had faces and wings, and the wings of one touched the wings of another. Each one went straight ahead; they did not turn as they moved. Their faces looked like this: Each of the four had the face of a human being, and on the right side each had the face of a lion, and on the left the face of an ox; each also had the face of an eagle. Such were their faces. They each had two wings spreading out upward, each wing touching that of the creature on either side; and each had two other wings covering its body. Each one went straight ahead. Wher- ever the spirit would go, they would go, without turning as they went. The appearance of the living creatures was like burning coals of fire or like torches. Fire moved back and forth among the creatures; it was bright, and lightning flashed out of it. The creatures sped back and forth like flashes of lightning. As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the ground beside each creature with its four faces. This was the appearance and structure of the wheels: They sparkled like topaz, and all four looked alike. Each appeared to be made like a wheel intersecting a wheel. As they moved, they would go in any one of the four directions the creatures faced; the wheels did not change direction