Bible verse
And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
Exodus 25:20 · BSB
The verses around it, from Exodus 25.
16 And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
17 And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
18 Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
19 one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.
20 And the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
21 Set the mercy seat atop the ark, and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
22 And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
23 You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
24 Overlay it with pure gold and make a gold molding around it.
KJV
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.
ASV
And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
ERV
And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
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