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Exodus 25:20

NETBible	The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing¹ the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other,² looking³ toward the atonement lid.
NIV © biblegateway Exo 25:20	The cherubim are to have their wings spread upwards, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking towards the cover.
NASB © biblegateway Exo 25:20	"The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat.
NLT © biblegateway Exo 25:20	The cherubim will face each other, looking down on the atonement cover with their wings spread out above it.
MSG © biblegateway Exo 25:20	Make the angels with their wings spread, hovering over the Atonement-Cover, facing one another but looking down on it.
BBE © SABDAweb Exo 25:20	And their wings are to be outstretched over the cover, and the winged ones are to be opposite one another, facing the cover.
NRSV © bibleoremus Exo 25:20	The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings. They shall face one to another; the faces of the cherubim shall be turned toward the mercy seat.
NKJV © biblegateway Exo 25:20	"And the cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.
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KJV	And the cherubims <03742> shall stretch <06566> (8802) forth [their] wings <03671> on high <04605>_, covering <05526> (8802) the mercy seat <03727> with their wings <03671>_, and their faces <06440> [shall look] one <0376> to another <0251>_; toward the mercy seat <03727> shall the faces <06440> of the cherubims <03742> be.
NASB © biblegateway Exo 25:20	"The cherubim <03742> shall have <01961> their wings <03671> spread <06566> upward <04605> , covering <05526> the mercy <03727> seat <03727> with their wings <03671> and facing <06440> <413> one <0376> another <0251> ; the faces <06440> of the cherubim <03742> are to be turned toward <0413> the mercy <03727> seat <03727> .
LXXM	esontai <1510> V-FMI-3P oi <3588> T-NPM ceroubim <5502> N-PRI ekteinontev <1614> V-PAPNP tav <3588> T-APF pterugav <4420> N-APF epanwyen {ADV} suskiazontev {V-PAPNP} taiv <3588> T-DPF pteruxin <4420> N-DPF autwn <846> D-GPM epi <1909> PREP tou <3588> T-GSN ilasthriou <2435> N-GSN kai <2532> CONJ ta <3588> T-NPN proswpa <4383> N-NPN autwn <846> D-GPM eiv <1519> PREP allhla {D-APN} eiv <1519> PREP to <3588> T-ASN ilasthrion <2435> N-ASN esontai <1510> V-FMI-3P ta <3588> T-APN proswpa <4383> N-APN twn <3588> T-GPM ceroubim <5502> N-PRI
NET [draft] ITL	The cherubim <03742> are to be <01961> spreading <06566> their wings <03671> upward <04605> , overshadowing <05526> the atonement lid <03727> with their wings <03671> , and the cherubim <03742> are to face <06440> each <0376> other <0251> , looking <01961> toward <06440> the atonement lid <03727> .
HEBREW	Mybrkh <03742> ynp <06440> wyhy <01961> trpkh <03727> la <0413> wyxa <0251> la <0413> sya <0376> Mhynpw <06440> trpkh <03727> le <05921> Mhypnkb <03671> Mykko <05526> hleml <04605> Mypnk <03671> yvrp <06566> Mybrkh <03742> wyhw (25:20) <01961>

NETBible

The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing¹ the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other,² looking³ toward the atonement lid.

NET Notes

¹tn The verb means “overshadowing, screening” in the sense of guarding (see 1 Kgs 8:7; 1 Chr 28:18; see also the account in Gen 3:24). The cherubim then signify two things here: by their outstretched wings they form the throne of God who sits above the ark (with the Law under his feet), and by their overshadowing and guarding they signify this as the place of atonement where people must find propitiation to commune with God. Until then they are barred from his presence. See U. Cassuto, Exodus, 330-35.

²tn Heb “their faces a man to his brother.”

³tn Heb “the faces of the cherubim will be” (“the cherubim” was moved to the preceding clause for smoother English).