Exodo 25:20

Filipino Cebuano Bible

20 Ug ang mga querubin magabuklad sa ilang mga pako sa ibabaw, nga magatabon sa halaran-sa-pagpasig-uli: uban sa ilang mga pako; ang ilang mga nawong magaatubang sa usa ug usa, magatan-aw sa halaran-sa-pagpasig-uli ang mga nawong sa mga querubin.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

cherubims shall: Exodus 25:18, 1 Kings 8:7, 1 Chronicles 28:18, 2 Chronicles 3:10

covering: Ezekiel 28:14

toward: Genesis 28:12, Isaiah 6:1-5, Ezekiel 1:20, Matthew 24:31, John 1:51, 1 Corinthians 4:9, 1 Corinthians 11:10, Ephesians 3:10, Colossians 2:10, Hebrews 1:14, 1 Peter 1:12, 1 Peter 3:22, Revelation 5:11, Revelation 5:12

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:24 - Cherubims Exodus 37:9 - to the mercy seatward 1 Kings 6:27 - they stretched forth the wings of the cherubims 1 Kings 8:6 - under the wings 2 Chronicles 3:13 - inward Psalms 80:1 - dwellest Psalms 97:7 - worship Isaiah 6:2 - wings Ezekiel 1:6 - every one had four wings

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the cherubim shall stretch forth their wings on high,.... From whence it appears they were in the form of winged creatures, as the seraphim in Isaiah's vision, and the living creatures in those of Ezekiel and John; and their wings did not hang down by them, or on the side of them, but were stretched out upwards towards the heaven above their heads; denoting the readiness, agility, and swiftness of the ministers of the word to do the work and will of Christ, as well as their expectation of all the supplies of gifts and grace from him to enable them to do it:

covering the mercy seat with their wings; which reached each other; though, as Jarchi q says, between them and the mercy seat there was a hollow of ten hands' breadth; so high were they stretched upwards, though they met each other:

and their faces shall look one to another; and which is expressive of the harmony, concord, and agreement of the true and faithful ministers of Christ one with another; who all agree in preaching Christ, and him crucified, and in the several momentous and important doctrines of the Gospel:

towards the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be; as before observed, it may denote their directing souls to Christ as the only way of salvation, keeping always in all their ministrations this great truth in view, atonement and satisfaction by the blood and sacrifice of Christ, and salvation alone by him; which they make the rule of their ministry, and from which they never swerve, taking care not to deliver anything contrary to it, or which may serve to cast a veil over it.

q T. Bab. Succah, fol. 5. 2. Vid. Gloss. in ib.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A mercy seat of pure gold - (Compare Exodus 37:6-9.) In external form, the mercy-seat was a plate of gold with the cherubim standing on it, the whole beaten out of one solid piece of metal Exodus 37:7; it was placed upon the ark and so took the place of a cover. “mercy” seat expresses well the distinct significance and recognized designation of the Hebrew name.

Exodus 25:18-20

The cherubim of the mercy-seat were human figures, each having two wings. They must have been of small size, proportioned to the area of the mercy-seat. Comparing the different references to form in this place, in 2 Samuel 22:11 Psalms 18:10, in Ezekiel 1:0; Ezekiel 10:0 and in Revelation 4:1-11, it would appear that the name “cherub” was applied to various combinations of animal forms. Among the Egyptians, the Assyrians and the Greeks, as well as the Hebrews, the creatures by far most frequently introduced into these composite figures, were man, the ox, the lion, and the eagle, as being types of the most important and familiarly known classes of living material beings. Hence, the cherubim, described by Ezekiel, have been regarded as representing the whole creation engaged in the worship and service of God (compare Revelation 4:9-11; Revelation 5:13); and it would be in harmony with this view to suppose that the more strictly human shape of the cherubim of the mercy seat represented the highest form of created intelligence engaged in the devout contemplation of the divine law of love and justice. (Compare 1 Peter 1:12.) It is worthy of notice that the golden cherubim from between which Yahweh spoke Exodus 25:22 to His people bore witness, by their place on the mercy-seat, to His redeeming mercy; while the cherubim that took their stand at the gate of Eden, Genesis 3:24, to keep the way to the tree of life, witnessed to His condemnation of sin in man.

Exodus 25:18

Of beaten work - i. e. elaborately worked with the hammer.

Exodus 25:19

Even of the mercy seat - See the margin. The sense appears to be that the cherubim and the mercy-seat were to be worked out of one mass of gold. (Compare Exodus 37:7.)

Exodus 25:21

The testimony - See Exodus 25:16 note. Compare Exodus 40:20.