TSK · Numbers 7:89

You are to make two cherubim of gold; you are to make them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid.

And whenever Moses entered the tent, the pillar of cloud would descend and stand at the entrance of the tent, and the LORD would speak with Moses.

¶ Organizing the Census of the Israelites Now the LORD spoke to Moses in the tent of meeting in the desert of Sinai on the first day of the second month of the second year after the Israelites departed from the land of Egypt. He said:

With him I will speak face to face, openly, and not in riddles; and he will see the form of the LORD. Why then were you not afraid to speak against my servant Moses?”

In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olive wood; each stood 15 feet high.

The LORD reigns! The nations tremble. He sits enthroned above the cherubim; the earth shakes.

They were shown that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things now announced to you through those who proclaimed the gospel to you by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven– things angels long to catch a glimpse of.