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2 Chronicles 3:12
The wing of the second cherub also measured five cubits and touched the wall of the temple, while its other wing measured five cubits and touched the wing of the first cherub.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The narrator records the temple’s architectural details for the reader while Solomon’s craftsmen complete the inner sanctuary.
The words — כְּנַף (khe.Naf) means “wing,” and מַגִּיעַ (ma.Gi.a') denotes “touching” or “reaching.”
The thread — The text states that the second cherub’s five-cubit wing contacts the temple wall while its opposite wing contacts the first cherub’s wing, a detail that continues the precise measurement survey begun in 2 Chronicles 3:11 and concluded in 2 Chronicles 3:13.
Why it lands — It requires the reader to note how fixed dimensions and physical contact between the wings establish structural order within the sanctuary.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And one wing of the other cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was five cubits also, joining to the wing of the other cherub.