Exodus 25:20 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 25:20

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.

BSB

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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.

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.

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Commentary

1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This propitiatory covering, as it might well be translated, was a type of Christ, the great propitiation, whose satisfaction fully answers the demands of the law, covers our transgressions, and comes between us and the curse we deserve. Thus he is the end of the law for righteousness.

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Original language & word study

18 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָי֣וּ	ve.ha.Yu	and they will be	H1961 →
הַכְּרֻבִים֩	ha.ke.ru.Vim	the cherubim	H3742 →
פֹּרְשֵׂ֨י	po.re.Sei	spreading out	H6566 →
כְנָפַ֜יִם	khe.na.Fa.yim	<of> wings	H3671 →
לְמַ֗עְלָה	le.Ma'.lah	<to> upwards <towards>	H4605 →
סֹכְכִ֤ים	so.khe.Khim	covering	H5526 →
בְּכַנְפֵיהֶם֙	be.khan.fei.Hem	with wings their	H3671 →
עַל־	'al-	over	H5921 →
הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶת	ha.ka.Po.ret	the atonement cover	H3727 →
וּפְנֵיהֶ֖ם	u.fe.nei.Hem	and faces their	H6440 →
אִ֣ישׁ	'ish	each	H376 →
אֶל־	'el-	[will be] to	H413 →
אָחִ֑יו	'a.Chiv	brother its	H251 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶת	ha.ka.Po.ret	the atonement cover	H3727 →
יִהְי֖וּ	yih.Yu	they will be	H1961 →
פְּנֵ֥י	pe.Nei	[the] faces of	H6440 →
הַכְּרֻבִֽים׃	ha.ke.ru.Vim	the cherubim	H3742 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Hebrews 9:5
Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
leads to
- 1 Kings 8:6–7
  Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Numbers 7:89
  When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony.…
- Leviticus 16:2
  And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he…
- Exodus 25:17–22
  And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
- Leviticus 16:13
  He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die.
Through
1 Chronicles 28:18
the weight of the refined gold for the altar of incense; and the plans for the chariot of the gold cherubim that spread their wings and overshadowed the ark of the covenant of the…
leads to
- Exodus 25:18–22
  Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
- Exodus 30:1–10
  “You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
Through
Exodus 25:18
Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
leads to
- Hebrews 9:5
  Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

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