Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.
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Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.
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And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
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And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end; of one piece with the ark-cover shall ye make the cherubim of the two ends thereof.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 25:19 And make one cherub on the one…
Exo 25:19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: [even] of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
Ver. 19. Even of the mercy seat.] Of the matter of it: to show that the very angels have their establishment in and by Christ: and that, if they need mercy, how much more do we. Angels also are under Christ as a head of government, of influence, of confirmation, though not of redemption.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain i.e. Of one and the same piece of massy…
i.e. Of one and the same piece of massy gold, out of which the cherubims were made.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon…
And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark,.... Over it, as a covering for it: this situation of the mercy seat above the ark, where the law was, signifies, that there is no mercy but in a way of righteousness, or of satisfaction to the law of God, and in a consistence with the honour of it; and the cherubim over the mercy seat making a throne for the majesty of God, in which he sat, and the ark below a kind of footstool for him, shows that Christ, the mercy seat and propitiatory, stands between God and his law, and is the mediator between God, and men the transgressors of that law, and by fulfilling it has covered the sins of his people, which are violations of it; and being above it, and having magnified and made it honourable, is able to suppress its charges and accusations, and secure from its curse and condemnation:
and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee; or "after thou shalt put in the ark", &c. (r), as the particle "vau" is sometimes used; the sense is, that then the mercy seat should be put above, and upon the ark, as the covering of it, after the law, or the two tables of testimony, were put into it; for then it was covered, and not to be opened any more; see Exo 40:20.
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(r) "postquam in area", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius. Vid. Nold. Concord Ebr. part. p. 290.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 19. of one piece with] Heb. out of: the…
19. of one piece with] Heb. out of: the same idiom, vv. 31, 35, Exo_27:2, Exo_28:8, Exo_30:2. The meaning is, the cherubim were not to be removable, they were to be so securely soldered to the mercy-seat as to form a whole with it.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (19) Of the mercy seat shall ye make the…
(19) Of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims.—The meaning seems to be that the cherubims were not to be detached images, made separately, and then fastened to the mercy seat, but to be formed out of the same mass of gold with the mercy seat, and so to be part and parcel of it.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain On the one end on the other end on…
On the one end on the other end on the two ends. The preposition used is in every case the same as,that of the last clause of ver. 18 viz., min, "from." The idea is that the figures rose from the two ends.
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Yahweh continues to tell Moses what the people must do.
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atonement lid
This is the lid that sits on top of the ark where the atonement offering was made. See how you translated this in Exodus 25:17.
They must be made
This can be stated in active form. AT: "You must make them" (See: Active or Passive)
You must put
Here "you" refers to Moses and the people of Israel. (See: Forms of You)
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cherub
atonement
face
ark of the covenant
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