Figures representing heavenly creatures, the exact form being unknown. They are found in the Holy of Holies, on the Mercy Seat of the Ark (Ex. 25: 18, 22; 1 Kgs. 6: 23-28; Heb. 9: 5), and in the visions of Ezekiel (Ezek. 10; Ezek. 11: 22). In the account of the Fall, cherubim are represented as keeping "the way of the tree of life" (Gen. 3: 24).