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REFERENCE FROM FIRST KINGS
("And in the Sanctuary, he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high. And five cubits was the one wing of the cherub, and five cubits the other wing of the cherub..."

(And he made the ten bases of brass;...and the work of the bases was on this manner: they had borders; and there were borders beneath the stays; and on the borders that were between the stays were lions, oxen and cherubim; and upon the stays it was in like manner above; and beneath the lions and oxen were wreaths of hanging work...")

("And on the plates of the stays thereof, and on the borders thereof, he graved cherubim, lions and palm-trees, according to the space of each, with wreaths round about...")

("So Hiram made an end of doing all work that he wrought for King Solomon in the house of the Lord...The two pillars, and the two bowls of the capitals that wereon the top of the pillars; and the four hundred pomegranates for the two networks, two rows of pomegranates for each network, to cover the two bowls of the capitals that were upon the top of the pillars; and the ten bases, and the ten laverson the bases; and the one sea, and the twelve oxen under the sea; and the pots, and the shovels, and the basins; even all these vessels, which Hiram made for King Solomon, in the house of the Lord, were of burnished brass. In the plain of the Jordan did the king cast them, in the clay ground between Succoth and Sarethan.")

HOST
Mr. Lipchitz, in writing of your work and of your life, you frequently use the word "encounters." What does the word "encounters" signify for you?

MR. LIPCHITZ RESPONDS.

HOST
Well -- we have prepared another series of encounters for you. With some works of art with which you are