Exodus 25:18
And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
KJV
Duos quoque cherubim aureos et productiles facies, ex utraque parte oraculi.
Vulgate
ποιηθήσονται χεροὺβ εἷς ἐκ τοῦ κλίτους τούτου καὶ χεροὺβ εἷς ἐκ τοῦ κλίτους τοῦ δευτέρου τοῦ ἱλαστηρίου· καὶ ποιήσεις τοὺς δύο χερουβεὶμ ἐπὶ τὰ δύο κλίτη.
LXX
And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.
ASV
וְ/עָשִׂ֛יתָ שְׁנַ֥יִם כְּרֻבִ֖ים זָהָ֑ב מִקְשָׁה֙ תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה אֹתָ֔/ם מִ/שְּׁנֵ֖י קְצ֥וֹת הַ/כַּפֹּֽרֶת
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
זָהָ֖ב
zhb
noun · 388×
יַּ֥עַשׂ
y'sh
verb · 2621×
כְּר֣וּב
krvb
noun · 91×
כַּפֹּֽרֶת
kprt
noun · 27×
מִקְשָׁ֥ה
mqshh
noun · 10×
קְצ֥וֹת
qtsvt
noun · 36×
שְׁתֵּ֣י
shty
adjective · 765×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2130Nevertheless, already in the Old Testament, God ordained or permitted the making of images that pointed symbolically toward salvation by the incarnate Word: so it was with the bronze serpent, the ark of the covenant, and the cherubim.69
But since some find fault with us for worshipping and honouring the image of our Saviour and that of our Lady, and those, too, of the rest of the saints and servants of Christ, let them remember that in the beginning God created man after His own image. Genesis 1:26 On what grounds, then, do we show reverence to each other unless because we are made after God's image? For as Ba…
Cross-references
- 1Chr 28:18 — And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
- 1Chr 28:18 — And for the altar of incense refined gold by weight; and gold for the pattern of the chariot of the cherubims, that spread out their wings, and covered the ark of the covenant of the LORD.
- 1Kgs 8:6 — And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the LORD unto his place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims.
- 2Sam 6:2 — And David arose, and went with all the people that were with him from Baale of Judah, to bring up from thence the ark of God, whose name is called by the name of the LORD of hosts that dwelleth betwee
- Exod 26:1 — Moreover thou shalt make the tabernacle with ten curtains of fine twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet: with cherubims of cunning work shalt thou make them.
- Ezek 10:2 — And he spake unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Go in between the wheels, even under the cherub, and fill thine hand with coals of fire from between the cherubims, and scatter them over the ci
- Ezek 10:20 — This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river of Chebar; and I knew that they were the cherubims.
- Gen 3:24 — So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.
- Heb 9:5 — And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
- Num 7:89 — And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from bet
- Num 8:4 — And this work of the candlestick was of beaten gold, unto the shaft thereof, unto the flowers thereof, was beaten work: according unto the pattern which the LORD had shewed Moses, so he made the candl