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Exodus 25:18

What does Exodus 25:18 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 25:18 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And at the two ends of the cover you are to make two winged ones of hammered gold,

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and thou hast made two cherubs of gold, beaten work dost thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold, on the two sides of the oracle.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And thou shalt make two cherubim of gold; [of] beaten work shalt thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.

Context

v.17And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

v.18This passage

v.19And make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat shall ye make the cherubim on the two ends thereof.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Kings 8:6

    And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of Jehovah unto its place, into the oracle of the house, to the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubim.

  • Exodus 37:7

    And he made two cherubim of gold; of beaten work made he them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;

  • 1 Kings 6:23

    And in the oracle he made two cherubim of olive-wood, each ten cubits high.

  • Hebrews 9:5

    and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak severally.

  • Ezekiel 10:20

    This is the living creature that I saw under the God of Israel by the river Chebar; and I knew that they were cherubim.

  • Genesis 3:24

    So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden the Cherubim, and the flame of a sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.

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