“I have told you these things in obscure figures of speech; ¹  a time ²  is coming when I will no longer speak to you in obscure figures, but will tell you ³  plainly ⁴  about the Father.

His disciples said, “Look, now you are speaking plainly ¹  and not in obscure figures of speech! ² 

Images of bulls were under it all the way around, ten every eighteen inches ¹  all the way around. The bulls were in two rows and had been cast with “The Sea.”

On all the walls around the temple, inside and out, ¹  he carved ²  cherubs, palm trees, and flowers in bloom.

But she increased her prostitution. She saw men carved on the wall, images of the Chaldeans carved in bright red, ¹ 

In the most holy place he made two images of cherubim and plated them with gold.

Their swords will pierce ¹  their own hearts, and their bows will be broken.

You are to make two cherubim ¹  of gold; you are to make them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid.

He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid,

In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubs of olive wood; each stood 15 feet ¹  high.

He made the curtain out of violet, purple, crimson, and white fabrics, and embroidered on it decorative cherubim.

People ¹  who had seen him will not see him again, and the place where he was will recognize him no longer.

Then I said, “O sovereign Lord! They are saying of me, ‘Does he not simply speak in eloquent figures of speech?’”

These things happened as examples for us, so that we will not crave evil things as they did.

Then take the ark of the Lord and place it on the cart, and put in a chest beside it the gold objects you are sending to him as a guilt offering. You should then send it on its way.

These are those who were numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the Israelites in the plains of Moab along the Jordan River opposite Jericho. ¹ 

There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom. ¹ 

He overlaid the temple’s rafters, thresholds, walls and doors with gold; he carved decorative cherubim on the walls.

There were twelve statues of lions on the six steps, one lion at each end of each step. There was nothing like it in any other kingdom. ¹ 

ז (Zayin) Her consecrated ones ¹  were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies more ruddy than corals, their hair ²  like lapis lazuli. ³