He also made [a]an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits [b]long and one and a half cubits [c]wide. And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work [d]at the two ends of the atoning cover: one cherub [e]at the one end and one cherub [f]at the other end; he made the cherubim of one piece with the atoning cover [g]at the two ends. And the cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the atoning cover with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the atoning cover.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 37:6 Also called a mercy seat, and so throughout the ch; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
  2. Exodus 37:6 Lit its length
  3. Exodus 37:6 Lit its width
  4. Exodus 37:7 Lit from
  5. Exodus 37:8 Lit from
  6. Exodus 37:8 Lit from
  7. Exodus 37:8 Lit from

He made the atonement cover(A) of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. Then he made two cherubim(B) out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. He made one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; at the two ends he made them of one piece with the cover. The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing(C) the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover.(D)

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And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;

One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.

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