Exodus 37:6-9

37:6 He made ¹  an atonement lid of pure gold; its length was three feet nine inches, and its width was two feet three inches. 37:7 He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid, 37:8 one cherub on one end ²  and one cherub on the other end. ³  He made the cherubim from the atonement lid on its two ends. 37:9 The cherubim were spreading their wings ⁴  upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings. The cherubim ⁵  faced each other, ⁶  looking toward the atonement lid. ⁷ 

[37:6]  ¹ tn Heb “and he made.”

[37:8]  ² tn Heb “from/at [the] end, from this.”

[37:8]  ³ tn The repetition of the expression indicates it has the distributive sense.

[37:9]  ⁴ tn The construction is a participle in construct followed by the genitive “wings” – “spreaders of wings.”

[37:9]  ⁵ tn “The cherubim” has been placed here instead of in the second clause to produce a smoother translation.

[37:9]  ⁶ tn Heb “and their faces a man to his brother.”

[37:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “to the atonement lid were the faces of the cherubim.”