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The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
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A Posture of Worship
The cherubim's posture—wings spread high to cover and faces bowed toward the mercy seat—is a powerful symbol. Commentators explain this as a model of reverent worship, readiness to serve, and deep contemplation of God's mercy. Their gaze is fixed on the place of atonement, showing where our focus should also be.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
Baptist
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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
