Exodus 37:9

9 The angels had outstretched wings and appeared to hover over the Atonement-Cover, facing one another but looking down on the Atonement-Cover.

Exodus 37:9 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 37:9

(See Gill on Exodus 37:1).

Exodus 37:9 In-Context

7 He sculpted two winged angel-cherubim out of hammered gold for the ends of the Atonement-Cover,
8 one angel at one end, one angel at the other. He made them of one piece with the Atonement-Cover.
9 The angels had outstretched wings and appeared to hover over the Atonement-Cover, facing one another but looking down on the Atonement-Cover.
10 He made the Table from acacia wood. He made it three feet long, one and a half feet wide and two and a quarter feet high.
11 He covered it with a veneer of pure gold and made a molding of gold all around it.
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