In the Phoenix Lights category I've discussed how the images in the landscape lend themselves to descriptions of the Churubim - face of a boy, lion, eagle and ox. This article gets into some areas of detail around them in the Torah.
"Tradition has a rich history of interpreting the mythical cherubs in numerous ways. Nevertheless the extensive findings from the Ancient Near East make it clear that the Cherubs historically represented either frightening beasts used as guards, or the equivalent of flying horses drawing chariots; these images fit a number of biblical passages.
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In the Mishkan, however, they served either as God’s throne or as buffers surrounding the deity. Accordingly, the Ark of the Covenant was to be the footstool or podium of God. King David says this explicitly in 1 Chronicles 28:2, “Hear me, my brothers, my people! I wanted to build a resting -place for the Ark of the Covenant of the Lord, for the footstool of our God.”[20]
Isaiah 66:1 begins: “ Thus said Yhwh: The heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool”[21]—the instructions for the construction of the Mishkan may offer a different understanding: “The Cherubs guard My throne and the Ark is My footstool.”"