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Inseparable from Mercy
Multiple commentators emphasize that the cherubim were not made separately and then attached, but were hammered out of the same single piece of gold as the mercy seat. Scholars like Spurgeon see this as a powerful symbol of the Church's indivisible union with Christ, who is our true mercy seat.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 25:17–22
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 25:19
19th Century
Bishop
Of the mercy seat you shall make the cherubims. —The meaning seems to be that the cherubim were not to be detached images, made separately…
Charles Spurgeon
On Exodus 25:18–20
19th Century
Preacher
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…
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John Gill
On Exodus 25:19
17th Century
Pastor
And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on
the other end
The situati…
Matthew Henry
On Exodus 25:10–22
17th Century
Minister
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…