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Exodus 25:16-18
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16 In the ark you are to put the covenant which I will give you.

17 You shall then make a cover[a] of pure gold, two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide. 18 Make two cherubim[b] of beaten gold for the two ends of the cover;

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Footnotes

  1. 25:17 Cover: the Hebrew term, kapporet, has been connected with kippur, as in the feast of Yom Kippur or Day of Atonement (Lv 16; 23:26–32): hence, influenced by the Greek and Latin versions, and Luther’s German, English translations have rendered it “propitiatory,” “mercy seat,” and the like.
  2. 25:18–20 Cherubim: probably in the form of human-headed winged lions. The cherubim over the ark formed the throne for the invisible Lord. Cf. Ps 80:2. For a more detailed description of the somewhat different cherubim in the Temple of Solomon, see 1 Kgs 6:23–28; 2 Chr 3:10–13.
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