1-Kings - 6:24

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24 Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub: from the uttermost part of the one wing to the uttermost part of the other were ten cubits.

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Explanation and meaning of 1-Kings 6:24.

Differing Translations

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One wing of the cherub was five cubits, and the other wing of the cherub was five cubits: that is, in all ten cubits, from the extremity of one wing to the extremity of the other wing.
and one wing of the cherub was five cubits, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub, ten cubits from the end of one wing to the end of the other wing;
and five cubits is the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the second wing of the cherub, ten cubits from the ends of its wings even unto the ends of its wings;
With outstretched wings five cubits wide; the distance from the edge of one wing to the edge of the other was ten cubits.
One wing of a cherub was five cubits, and the other wing of a cherub was five cubits, that is, having ten cubits from the summit of one wing even to the summit of the other wing.

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Historical Commentaries

Scholarly Analysis and Interpretation.

And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub,.... When stretched out on one side:
and five cubits the other wing of the cherub; on the other side him:
from the uttermost part of the one wing, to the uttermost part of the other wing, were ten cubits; half the breadth of the house.

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