A mercy seat of pure gold – (Exodus 25:18–20). In external form, the mercy seat was a plate of gold with the cherubim standing o…

The cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high. —The two wings of both cherubs were to be elevated and advanced so as to overshadow…

They were part and parcel of the mercy-seat; they were made of the same precious metal, and all formed one piece. They may represent the angels, wh…

And the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings on high
From which it appears they were in the form of winged creat…

The ark was a chest, overlaid with gold, in which the two tables of the law were to be kept. These tables are called the testimony; God in them tes…