Bible verse
And the cherubim had wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
Exodus 37:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Exodus 37.
5 He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry it.
6 He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
7 He made two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
8 one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.
9 And the cherubim had wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
10 He also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
11 He overlaid it with pure gold and made a gold molding around it.
12 And he made a rim around it a handbreadth wide and put a gold molding on the rim.
13 He cast four gold rings for the table and fastened them to the four corners at its four legs.
KJV
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.
ASV
And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim.
ERV
And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim.
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