2 Chronicles 3:13
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So the wings of the two cherubims were spread forth, and were extended twenty cubits: and they stood upright on their feet, and their faces were turned toward the house without.

inward.

Exodus 25:20 Let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings, and covering the oracle, and let them look one towards the other, their faces being turned towards the propitiatory wherewith the ark is to be covered.

Context
The Cherubim
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. 13So the wings of the two cherubims were spread forth, and were extended twenty cubits: and they stood upright on their feet, and their faces were turned toward the house without.
Cross References
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.

2 Chronicles 3:14
He made also a veil of violet, purple, scarlet, and silk: and wrought in it cherubims.

Lexicon
So the total wingspan
כַּנְפֵי֙ (kan·p̄ê)
Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3671: An edge, extremity, a wing, a flap, a quarter, a pinnacle

of these
הָאֵ֔לֶּה (hā·’êl·leh)
Article | Pronoun - common plural
Strong's Hebrew 428: These, those

cherubim
הַכְּרוּבִ֣ים (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

They
וְהֵ֛ם (wə·hêm)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: They

stood
עֹמְדִ֥ים (‘ō·mə·ḏîm)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5975: To stand, in various relations

on
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

their feet,
רַגְלֵיהֶ֖ם (raḡ·lê·hem)
Noun - fdc | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda

facing
וּפְנֵיהֶ֥ם (ū·p̄ə·nê·hem)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6440: The face

the [main] room.
לַבָּֽיִת׃ (lab·bā·yiṯ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1004: A house


Additional Translations
So the total wingspan of these cherubim was twenty cubits. They stood on their feet, facing the main room.The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.

The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.

And the wings of these cherubs expanded were of the length of twenty cubits: and they stood upon their feet, and their faces were toward the house.

The wings of these cherubim spread forth were twenty cubits; and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.

The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.

The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.

The wings of these cherubim spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were toward the house.

The wings of these cherubs are spreading forth twenty cubits, and they are standing on their feet and their faces are inward.
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