Ezekiel 41:18

“And it was made with cherubim and palm trees, &c.] That is, all the wall of the house round about was ornamented with these, even both of the holy and of the most holy place; with these the curtains of Moses’s tabernacle, and the vail that divided between the holy and the most holy place, were decorated; as also the walls, both of the sanctuary and oracle, in Solomon’s temple, (<022601>Exodus 26:1,31 <110823>1 Kings 8:23-32). The former, according to the commonly received notion, were an emblem of angels; the latter of true believers, or holy upright men: why these are called palm trees, (see Gill on “<264016>Ezekiel 40:16”), so that a palm tree was between a cherub and a cherub; these were…”

“On the symbolism of the “cherubim” see Ezekiel 1:1 note ... Every cherub had two faces - Not as in Ezekiel 1:0, “four faces.” Convenience of delineation upon a wall may have suggested the alteration. The cherubic devices on the curtains of the tabernacle Exodus 26:1; Exodus 36:8 were no doubt like the cherubim over the ark, of which we have no reason to suppose that each had “two faces.” The symbolic character here admitted of the deviation. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Cherubim - Generally taken for the portrait of angels, or young men with wings: yet is the description of them very different in different places; in Ezekiel's vision, Eze 1:5-14, Eze 10:14, Isaiah's vision, Isa 6:2, John's vision, Rev 4:6-8, and in Solomon's temple, Kg1 6:23-26. Ezekiel 41:19”

“with cherubims: Kg1 6:29-32, Kg1 7:36; Ch2 3:7 palm trees: Eze 40:16, Eze 40:22; Rev 7:9 and every: Eze 1:10, Eze 10:14, Eze 10:21; Rev 4:7-9 Ezekiel 41:21”