²⁰ The cherubim will face each other and look down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they will protect it.

¹⁸ He designated the amount of refined gold for the altar of incense. Finally, he gave him a plan for the Lord’s “chariot”—the gold cherubim^[a] whose wings were stretched out over the Ark of the Lord’s Covenant.

⁷ The cherubim spread their wings over the Ark, forming a canopy over the Ark and its carrying poles.

⁵ Above the Ark were the cherubim of divine glory, whose wings stretched out over the Ark’s cover, the place of atonement. But we cannot explain these things in detail now.

¹¹ Then I looked again, and I heard the voices of thousands and millions of angels around the throne and of the living beings and the elders. ¹² And they sang in a mighty chorus:

²² Now Christ has gone to heaven. He is seated in the place of honor next to God, and all the angels and authorities and powers accept his authority.

¹² They were told that their messages were not for themselves, but for you. And now this Good News has been announced to you by those who preached in the power of the Holy Spirit sent from heaven. It is all so wonderful that even the angels are eagerly watching these things happen.

¹⁴ Therefore, angels are only servants—spirits sent to care for people who will inherit salvation.

¹⁰ So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority.

¹⁰ God’s purpose in all this was to use the church to display his wisdom in its rich variety to all the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.