^37:6He made⁴ an atonement lid of pure gold; its length was three feet nine inches, and its width was two feet three inches. ^37:7He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid, ^37:8one cherub on one end⁵ and one cherub on the other end.⁶ He made the cherubim from the atonement lid on its two ends. ^37:9The cherubim were spreading their wings⁷ upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim⁸ faced each other,⁹ looking toward the atonement lid.¹⁰

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Footnotes

4 Heb “and he made.”
5 Heb “from/at [the] end, from this.”
6 The repetition of the expression indicates it has the distributive sense.
7 The construction is a participle in construct followed by the genitive “wings”—“spreaders of wings.”
8 “The cherubim” has been placed here instead of in the second clause to produce a smoother translation.
9 Heb “and their faces a man to his brother.”
10 Heb “to the atonement lid were the faces of the cherubim.”

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. And he made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered work on the two ends of the mercy seat, one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends. The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat were the faces of the cherubim.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He made the atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. He made one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; at the two ends he made them of one piece with the cover. The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He made a mercy seat of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide. He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat, one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. At each end, he made a cherub of one piece with the mercy seat. They had wings spread out. They faced each other and covered the mercy seat with their wings. The faces of the cherubim were looking toward the mercy seat.

NLTNew Living Translation

Then he made the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It was 45 inches long and 27 inches wide. He made two cherubim from hammered gold and placed them on the two ends of the atonement cover. He molded the cherubim on each end of the atonement cover, making it all of one piece of gold. The cherubim faced each other and looked down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they protected it.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

And he made an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width. And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the atonement cover. One cherub was at one end, and one cherub was at the other end of the atonement cover; he made the cherubim at its two ends. And the cherubim were with outspread wings above, covering with their wings over the atonement cover and facing each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the atonement cover.

KJV 1900King James Version

And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat; 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. And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.

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