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Exodus 25:20

Exodus 25:20
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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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And there I will meet with thee,.... With Moses, and so with the high priest in later times, when he should enter into…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Exodus 25:17-22

A mercy seat of pure gold - (Compare Exo 37:6-9.) In external form, the mercy-seat was a plate of gold with the cherubim…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Exodus 25:10-22

The first thing which is here ordered to be made is the ark with its appurtenances, the furniture of the most holy…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

shall spread out Heb. shall be spreading out, describing their permanent condition: the idiom, as Gen 1:6, and…