17 “And you shall (A)make [a]an atoning cover of pure gold, [b]two and a half cubits [c]long and one and a half cubits [d]wide. 18 You shall make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work [e]at the two ends of the atoning cover. 19 Make one cherub [f]at one end and one cherub [g]at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece [h]with the atoning cover at its two ends. 20 And (B)the cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the atoning cover with their wings and [i]facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the atoning cover.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 25:17 Also called a mercy seat, and so throughout the ch; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
  2. Exodus 25:17 About 3.7 ft. long and 2.2 ft. wide or 1.1 m and 68 cm
  3. Exodus 25:17 Lit its length
  4. Exodus 25:17 Lit its width
  5. Exodus 25:18 Lit from
  6. Exodus 25:19 Lit from
  7. Exodus 25:19 Lit from
  8. Exodus 25:19 Lit from
  9. Exodus 25:20 Lit their faces to

26 And (A)you shall anoint the tent of meeting with it, and the ark of the testimony,

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Then you shall take the anointing oil and (A)anoint the tabernacle and everything that is in it, and consecrate it and all its [a]furnishings; and it shall be holy.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 40:9 Or utensils

16 By the (A)abundance of your trade
[a]You were internally (B)filled with violence,
And you sinned;
Therefore I have cast you as profane
From the mountain of God.
And I have destroyed you, you [b]covering cherub,
From the midst of the stones of fire.

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Footnotes

  1. Ezekiel 28:16 Lit They filled your midst
  2. Ezekiel 28:16 Or guardian

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