This document is about Group. For other homonyms, please refer to Group (place name). Group (cherubim) is a type of angel. 
The first mention appears as beings guarding the Tree of Life after Adam and Eve were expelled from the Garden of Eden after they sinned.
Genesis 3:24So he drove out the man; and he placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life.
이후, 모세에 의해 출애굽을 한 뒤에 성막과 언약궤를 만들 때에 그 모습들이 기록되었다.
Exodus 25:17You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.Exodus 25:18Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim) on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.Exodus 25:19The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.Exodus 25:20You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I will give you.Exodus 25:21There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, all that I command you for the children of Israel.Exodus 25:22“You shall make a table of acacia wood. Its length shall be two cubits, and its width a cubit)), and its height one and a half cubits.
Exodus 26:31You shall hang it on four pillars of acacia overlaid with gold; their hooks shall be of gold, on four sockets of silver.
마찬가지로 솔로몬의 성전에도 장식되었다.
1 Kings 6:29He overlaid the floor of the house with gold, inside and outside.
1 Kings 6:19Within the inner sanctuary was twenty cubits in length, and twenty cubits in width, and twenty cubits in its height; and he overlaid it with pure gold; and he covered the altar with cedar.1 Kings 6:20So Solomon overlaid the house within with pure gold. He drew chains of gold across before the inner sanctuary, and he overlaid it with gold.1 Kings 6:21He overlaid the whole house with gold, until all the house was finished. He also overlaid the whole altar that belonged to the inner sanctuary with gold.1 Kings 6:22In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood, each ten cubits high.1 Kings 6:23Five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub. From the tip of one wing to the tip of the other was ten cubits.1 Kings 6:24The other cherub was ten cubits. Both the cherubim) were of one measure and one form.1 Kings 6:25One cherub was ten cubits high, and so was the other cherub.1 Kings 6:26He set the cherubim))) within the inner house. The wings of the cherubim were stretched out, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the other wall; and their wings touched one another in the middle of the house.1 Kings 6:27He overlaid the cherubim with gold.1 Kings 6:28He carved all the walls of the house around with carved figures of cherubim, palm trees, and open flowers, inside and outside.
에스겔(선지자)가 환상중에 이 그룹의 모습을 보았는데, 사람, 사자, 소, 독수리의 네 얼굴과 네 날개가 있다는 기록과, 두 얼굴이 있다는 기록이 있다.
Ezekiel 1:6Their feet were straight feet. The sole of their feet was like the sole of a calf’s foot; and they sparkled like burnished bronze.Ezekiel 1:7They had the hands of a man under their wings on their four sides. The four of them had their faces and their wings like this:Ezekiel 1:8Their wings were joined to one another. They didn’t turn when they went. Each one went straight forward.Ezekiel 1:9As for the likeness of their faces, they had the face of a man. The four of them had the face of a lion on the right side. The four of them had the face of an ox on the left side. The four of them also had the face of an eagle.Ezekiel 1:10Such were their faces. Their wings were spread out above. Two wings of each one touched another, and two covered their bodies.
Ezekiel 10:1He spoke to the man clothed in linen, and said, “Go in between the whirling wheels, even under the cherub, and fill both your hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city.” He went in as I watched.Ezekiel 10:2Now the cherubim stood on the right side of the house, when the man went in; and the cloud filled the inner court.Ezekiel 10:3Yahweh’s glory mounted up from the cherub, and stood over the threshold of the house; and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court was full of the brightness of Yahweh’s glory.Ezekiel 10:4The sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard even to the outer court, as the voice of God Almighty when he speaks.Ezekiel 10:5It came to pass, when he commanded the man clothed in linen, saying, “Take fire from between the whirling wheels, from between the cherubim,” that he went in, and stood beside a wheel.Ezekiel 10:6The cherub stretched out his hand from between the cherubim)) to the fire that was between the cherubim, and took some of it, and put it into the hands of him who was clothed in linen, who took it and went out.Ezekiel 10:7The form of a man’s hand appeared here in the cherubim under their wings.Ezekiel 10:8I looked, and behold, there were four wheels beside the cherubim)), one wheel beside one cherub, and another wheel beside another cherub. The appearance of the wheels was like a beryl stone.Ezekiel 10:9As for their appearance, the four of them had one likeness, like a wheel within a wheel.Ezekiel 10:10When they went, they went in their four directions. They didn’t turn as they went, but to the place where the head looked they followed it. They didn’t turn as they went.Ezekiel 10:11Their whole body, including their backs, their hands, their wings, and the wheels, were full of eyes all around, even the wheels that the four of them had.Ezekiel 10:12As for the wheels, they were called in my hearing, “the whirling wheels”.Ezekiel 10:13Every one them had four faces. The first face was the face of the cherub. The second face was the face of a man. The third face was the face of a lion. The fourth was the face of an eagle.Ezekiel 10:14The cherubim mounted up. This is the living creature that I saw by the river Chebar.Ezekiel 10:15When the cherubim) went, the wheels went beside them; and when the cherubim lifted up their wings to mount up from the earth, the wheels also didn’t turn from beside them.Ezekiel 10:16When they stood, these stood. When they mounted up, these mounted up with them; for the spirit of the living creature was in them.Ezekiel 10:17Yahweh’s glory went out from over the threshold of the house, and stood over the cherubim.Ezekiel 10:18The cherubim lifted up their wings, and mounted up from the earth in my sight when they went out, with the wheels beside them. Then they stood at the door of the east gate of Yahweh’s house; and the glory of the God of Israel was over them above.Ezekiel 10:19This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.Ezekiel 10:20Every one had four faces, and every one four wings. The likeness of the hands of a man was under their wings.Ezekiel 10:21As for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves. They each went straight forward.Ezekiel 10:22As for the likeness of their faces, they were the faces which I saw by the river Chebar, their appearances and themselves. They each went straight forward.
Ezekiel 41:18so that there was the face of a man toward the palm tree on the one side, and the face of a young lion toward the palm tree on the other side. It was made like this through all the house all around.
2 Samuel 22:11He made darkness a shelter around himself: gathering of waters, and thick clouds of the skies.
Psalms 18:10He made darkness his hiding place, his pavilion around him, darkness of waters, thick clouds of the skies.