Exodus 37:9

9 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.

Exodus 37:9 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 37:9

(See Gill on Exodus 37:1).

Exodus 37:9 In-Context

7 And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the atonement cover.
8 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.
9 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.
10 And he made the table of acacia wood, two cubits its length and a cubit its width and a cubit and a half its height.
11 And he overlaid it [with] pure gold, and he made for it a gold molding all around.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Literally "and their faces a man to his brother"
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