Exodus 25:20
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.
KJV
Utrumque latus propitiatorii tegant expandentes alas, et operientes oraculum, respiciantque se mutuo versis vultibus in propitiatorium quo operienda est arca,
Vulgate
καὶ ἐπιθήσεις τὸ ἱλαστήριον ἐπὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν ἄνωθεν, καὶ εἰς τὴν κιβωτὸν ἐμβαλεῖς τὰ μαρτύρια ἃ ἂν δῶ σοι.
LXX
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.
ASV
וְ/הָי֣וּ הַ/כְּרֻבִים֩ פֹּרְשֵׂ֨י כְנָפַ֜יִם לְ/מַ֗עְלָ/ה סֹכְכִ֤ים בְּ/כַנְפֵי/הֶם֙ עַל הַ/כַּפֹּ֔רֶת וּ/פְנֵי/הֶ֖ם אִ֣ישׁ אֶל אָחִ֑י/ו אֶל הַ/כַּפֹּ֔רֶת יִהְי֖וּ פְּנֵ֥י הַ/כְּרֻבִֽים
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
12 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
3 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
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.
- 1Kgs 6:27 — And he set the cherubims within the inner house: and they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims, so that the wing of the one touched the one wall, and the wing of the other cherub touched the oth
- 1Kgs 8:7 — For the cherubims spread forth their two wings over the place of the ark, and the cherubims covered the ark and the staves thereof above.
- 1Pet 1:12 — Unto whom it was revealed, that not unto themselves, but unto us they did minister the things, which are now reported unto you by them that have preached the gospel unto you with the Holy Ghost sent d
- 2Chr 3:13 — The wings of these cherubims spread themselves forth twenty cubits: and they stood on their feet, and their faces were inward.
- Heb 9:5 — And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
- Isa 6:2 — Above it stood the seraphims: each one had six wings; with twain he covered his face, and with twain he covered his feet, and with twain he did fly.