a. The Creator-God sat enthroned between the cherubim, symbolic of His actual reign and sovereignty over all the creation (Ex 20:8–11). The moral Law resting in the ark beneath the cherubim-throne attested to the divine will, the foundation of the covenant between God and Israel and the moral basis of His universal rule and government. The Law would have presented to the Israelite an insight into the nature of the God he worshiped as well as His righteous requirements. Thus the nation was made conscious