EXODUS 37:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.”
The cherubim had their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the cover. Wings spread upward, faces looking toward the cover — exactly as Exodus 25:20 specified. The posture of the cherubim communicates the content of their attention: everything is directed toward the place of atonement. 1 Peter 1:12 says even angels long to look into these things — the cherubim bent over the mercy seat and gazing at it embody the angelic posture of desire to understand the mystery of atonement.
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