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Exodus 37:8-10
New English Translation
Exodus 37:8-10
New English Translation
8 one cherub on one end[a] and one cherub on the other end.[b] He made the cherubim from the atonement lid on its two ends. 9 The cherubim were spreading their wings[c] upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim[d] faced each other,[e] looking toward the atonement lid.[f]
The Making of the Table
10 Bezalel[g] made the table of acacia wood; its length was 36 inches, its width 18 inches, and its height 27 inches.
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- Exodus 37:8 tn Heb “from/at [the] end, from this.”
- Exodus 37:8 tn The repetition of the expression indicates it has the distributive sense.
- Exodus 37:9 tn The construction is a participle in construct followed by the genitive “wings”—“spreaders of wings.”
- Exodus 37:9 tn The subject, “the cherubim,” has been added again in the translation for smoothness.
- Exodus 37:9 tn Heb “and their faces a man to his brother.”
- Exodus 37:9 tn Heb “to the atonement lid were the faces of the cherubim.”
- Exodus 37:10 tn Heb “he”; the referent has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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