Exodus 25:20
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25:20The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing34 the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other,35 looking36 toward the atonement lid.
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- 34 The verb means “overshadowing, screening” in the sense of guarding (see 1 Kgs 8:7; 1 Chr 28:18; see also the account in Gen 3:24). The cherubim then signify two things here: by their outstretched wings they form the throne of God who sits above the ark (with the Law under his feet), and by their overshadowing and guarding they signify this as the place of atonement where people must find propitiation to commune with God. Until then they are barred from his presence. See U. Cassuto, Exodus, .
- 35 Heb “their faces a man to his brother.”
- 36 Heb “the faces of the cherubim will be” (“the cherubim” was moved to the preceding clause for smoother English).
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
The cherubim are to have wings spread out above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and are to face one another. The faces of the cherubim should be toward the mercy seat.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The cherubim will face each other and look down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they will protect it.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
And the cherubim will be with outspread wings above, covering with their wings over the atonement cover and facing each other; the faces of the cherubim will be toward the atonement cover.
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KJV 1900King James Version
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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