2 Chronicles 3:11
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The wings of the cherubims were extended twenty cubits, so that one wing was five cubits long, and reached to the wall of the house: and the other was also five cubits long, and reached to the wing of the other cherub.

2 Chronicles 3:10
He made also in the house of the holy of holies two cherubims of image work: and he overlaid them with gold.

2 Chronicles 3:12
In like manner the wing of the other cherub, was five cubits long, and reached to the wall: and his other wing was five cubits long, and touched the wing of the other cherub.

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The wings of the cherubims were extended twenty cubits, so that one wing was five cubits long, and reached to the wall of the house: and the other was also five cubits long, and reached to the wing of the other cherub.

Context
The Cherubim
10He made also in the house of the holy of holies two cherubims of image work: and he overlaid them with gold. 11The wings of the cherubims were extended twenty cubits, so that one wing was five cubits long, and reached to the wall of the house: and the other was also five cubits long, and reached to the wing of the other cherub.12In like manner the wing of the other cherub, was five cubits long, and reached to the wall: and his other wing was five cubits long, and touched the wing of the other cherub.…
Lexicon
The total
אָרְכָּ֖ם (’ā·rə·kām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 753: Length

wingspan
וְכַנְפֵי֙ (wə·ḵan·p̄ê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

of the cherubim
הַכְּרוּבִ֔ים (hak·kə·rū·ḇîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3742: Probably an order of angelic beings

[was] twenty
עֶשְׂרִ֑ים (‘eś·rîm)
Number - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 6242: Twenty, twentieth

cubits.
אַמּ֣וֹת (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

One wing
כְּנַ֨ף (kə·nap̄)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

of the first [cherub]
הָאֶחָ֜ד (hā·’e·ḥāḏ)
Article | Number - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 259: United, one, first

[was] five
חָמֵ֗שׁ (ḥā·mêš)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2568: Five

cubits [long]
לְאַמּ֣וֹת (lə·’am·mō·wṯ)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

and touched
מַגַּ֙עַת֙ (mag·ga·‘aṯ)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

the wall
לְקִ֣יר (lə·qîr)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 7023: A wall

of the temple,
הַבַּ֔יִת (hab·ba·yiṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house

and [its] other
הָאַחֶ֙רֶת֙ (hā·’a·ḥe·reṯ)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 312: Hinder, next, other

wing
וְהַכָּנָ֤ף (wə·hak·kā·nāp̄)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

[was] five
חָמֵ֔שׁ (ḥā·mêš)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2568: Five

cubits [long]
אַמּ֣וֹת (’am·mō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base

and touched
מַגִּ֕יעַ (mag·gî·a‘)
Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5060: To touch, lay the hand upon, to reach, violently, to strike

the wing
לִכְנַ֖ף (liḵ·nap̄)
Preposition-l | Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

of the other
הָאַחֵֽר׃ (hā·’a·ḥêr)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 312: Hinder, next, other

cherub.
הַכְּר֥וּב (hak·kə·rūḇ)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3742: Probably an order of angelic beings


Additional Translations
The total wingspan of the cherubim was twenty cubits. One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long and touched the wall of the temple, and its other wing was five cubits long and touched the wing of the other cherub.And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

And the wings of the cherubs were twenty cubits in length: and one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house: and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub.

And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: one wing of five cubits touched the wall of the house; and the other wing of five cubits touched the wing of the other cherub.

And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

And the wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: one wing of the one cherub was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house: and the other wing was likewise five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

The wings of the cherubim were twenty cubits long: the wing of the one [cherub] was five cubits, reaching to the wall of the house; and the other wing was [likewise] five cubits, reaching to the wing of the other cherub.

as to the wings of the cherubs, their length is twenty cubits, the wing of the one is five cubits, touching the wall of the house, and the other wing is five cubits, touching the wing of the other cherub.
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