Lux Domini
One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

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Interpretation

This verse speaks in the wider setting of redemption and Passover as Exodus unfolds its message.

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This thought runs through Exodus 37:6-9.

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. ).