Contradiction with Exodus 20:4
Contradicts by prohibiting making of graven images, whereas Exodus 25:17 describes making a mercy seat with cherubim, which involves crafting images.
Exodus 20:4: Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness [of any thing] that [is] in heaven above, or that [is] in the earth beneath, or that [is] in the water under the earth:
Contradiction with Deuteronomy 4:16-19
Warns against creating images, contrasting with the instruction in Exodus 25:17 to craft cherubim images on the mercy seat.
Deuteronomy 4:16-19: Lest ye corrupt [yourselves], and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
Contradiction with Isaiah 46:5-6
Highlights the foolishness of creating and worshipping crafted figures, opposing the depiction of crafting cherubim in Exodus 25:17.
Isaiah 46:5-6: To whom will ye liken me, and make [me] equal, and compare me, that we may be like?
Contradiction with Acts 17:29
States that the Divine should not be thought of as crafted images, conflicting with the Exodus 25:17 command to create cherubim on the mercy seat.
Acts 17:29: Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.