Exodus 37:8
in Exodus 37one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat made he the cherubim at the two ends thereof.
KJV
One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
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This verse in Exodus 37
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold
on Exodus 37:6-9
The cherubim are hammered from the same piece of gold as the mercy seat, and they look at the place where blood is put. The Septuagint renders mercy seat as hilasterion, the word Romans 3:25 uses of Christ.
This site's exposition
all made from one piece of gold
The placement carries out 25:19, one cherub at each end. Solomon's temple later added a larger pair, carved from olive wood, ten cubits high and overlaid with gold, at 1 Kings 6:23-28. These first two remained part of the lid.
The record, by era
The Reformation1 voice
One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy-seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
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The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
made the mercy seat of pure gold--To construct a figure, whether the body of a beast or a man, with two extended wings, measuring from two to three feet from tip to tip, with the hammer, out of a solid piece of gold, was what few, if any, artisans of the present day could accomplish.
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The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כְּרוּב־ | keruv- | a cherub | H3742 → | 91 times |
| אֶחָ֤ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| מִקָּצָה֙ | mikatzah | [was] from an end | H7098 → | 35 times |
| מִזֶּ֔ה | mizeh | from this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| וּכְרוּב־ | ukheruv- | and a cherub | H3742 → | 91 times |
| אֶחָ֥ד | ʾechad | one | H259 → | 971 times |
| מִקָּצָ֖ה | mikatzah | [was] from an end | H7098 → | 35 times |
| מִזֶּ֑ה | mizeh | from this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| מִן־ | min- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶת | hakaporet | the atonement cover | H3727 → | 27 times |
| עָשָׂ֥ה | ʾasah | he made | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַכְּרֻבִ֖ים | hakeruvim | the cherubim | H3742 → | 91 times |
| מִשְּׁנֵ֥י | mishenei | from [the] two | H8147 → | 768 times |
| קְצוֹתָֽיו׃ | kitzvotov | ends its | H7098 → | 35 times |
כְּרוּב־a cherub
keruv-H3742 →91 times
אֶחָ֤דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
מִקָּצָה֙[was] from an end
mikatzahH7098 →35 times
מִזֶּ֔הfrom this
mizehH2088 →1180 times
וּכְרוּב־and a cherub
ukheruv-H3742 →91 times
אֶחָ֥דone
ʾechadH259 →971 times
מִקָּצָ֖ה[was] from an end
mikatzahH7098 →35 times
מִזֶּ֑הfrom this
mizehH2088 →1180 times
מִן־from
min-H4480 →1188 times
הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶתthe atonement cover
hakaporetH3727 →27 times
עָשָׂ֥הhe made
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַכְּרֻבִ֖יםthe cherubim
hakeruvimH3742 →91 times
מִשְּׁנֵ֥יfrom [the] two
misheneiH8147 →768 times
קְצוֹתָֽיו׃ends its
kitzvotovH7098 →35 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Exodus
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Calvin, Commentaries; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Sir Robert Anderson, Types in Hebrews.