Exodus 25:20
New English Translation
20 The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing[a] the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other,[b] looking[c] toward the atonement lid.
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- Exodus 25:20 tn The verb means “overshadowing, screening” in the sense of guarding (see 1 Kgs 8:7; 1 Chr 28:18; see also the account in Gen 3:24). The cherubim then signify two things here: by their outstretched wings they form the throne of God who sits above the ark (with the Law under his feet), and by their overshadowing and guarding they signify this as the place of atonement where people must find propitiation to commune with God. Until then they are barred from his presence. See U. Cassuto, Exodus, 330-35.
- Exodus 25:20 tn Heb “their faces a man to his brother.”
- Exodus 25:20 tn Heb “the faces of the cherubim will be” (“the cherubim” was moved to the preceding clause for smoother English).
Exodus 25:20
New International Version
20 The cherubim(A) are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing(B) the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover.
Exodus 25:20
King James Version
20 And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
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