And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
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Interpretation
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 testified his will.
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This thought runs through Exodus 25:15-19.
Glossary
- Mercy-seat Object
- (Heb. kapporeth, a “covering;” LXX. and N. T., hilasterion; Vulg., propitiatorium), the covering or lid of the ark of the covenant (q. v. ).