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Brenton's Septuagint

Exodus 37:8

and their posts twenty, and their sockets twenty;

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cherubim;   Gold;   Mercy-Seat;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Art and Aesthetics;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Cherub, Cherubim;   Crown;   Mercy Seat;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;   Mercy-seat;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Cherubim (1);   Tabernacle;   Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia - Ark of the covenant;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cherub;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
one Keruv at the one end, and one Keruv at the other end. He made the Keruvim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.
King James Version
One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
Lexham English Bible
One cherub was at one end, and one cherub was at the other end of the atonement cover; he made the cherubim at its two ends.
New Century Version
He made one creature on one end of the lid and the other creature on the other end. He attached them to the lid so that it would be one piece.
New English Translation
one cherub on one end and one cherub on the other end. He made the cherubim from the atonement lid on its two ends.
Amplified Bible
one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end; he made the cherubim [of one piece] with the mercy seat at the two ends.
New American Standard Bible
one cherub at the one end and one cherub at the other end; he made the cherubim of one piece with the atoning cover at the two ends.
Geneva Bible (1587)
One Cherub on the one ende, and another Cherub on the other ende: of the Merciseate made he the Cherubims, at ye two endes thereof.
Legacy Standard Bible
one cherub at the one end and one cherub at the other end; from one piece he made the mercy seat with the cherubim at its two ends.
Complete Jewish Bible
one keruv for one end and one keruv for the other end; he made the k'ruvim of one piece with the ark-cover at its two ends.
Darby Translation
one cherub at the end of one side, and one cherub at the end of the other side; out of the mercy-seat he made the two cherubim at the two ends thereof.
Easy-to-Read Version
He put one angel on one end and the other angel on the other end. The angels were joined together with the mercy-cover to make one piece.
English Standard Version
one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. Of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends.
George Lamsa Translation
One cherub on one side and the other cherub on the other side; above the mercy seat made he the cherubim on its two ends.
Good News Translation
one for each end of the lid. He made them so that they formed one piece with the lid.
Christian Standard Bible®
one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. At each end, he made a cherub of one piece with the mercy seat.
Literal Translation
one cherub here at one end, and one cherub here at the other end. He made the cherubs from the mercyseat, from its two ends.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
One Cherub vpon the one ende, and the other Cherub vpon the other ende:
American Standard Version
one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat made he the cherubim at the two ends thereof.
Bible in Basic English
Placing one at one end and one at the other; the winged ones were part of the cover.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
One Cherub on the one end, and another Cherub on the other ende: euen of the mercy seate made he the Cherubims, namely in the endes therof.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end; of one piece with the ark-cover made he the cherubim at the two ends thereof.
King James Version (1611)
One Cherub on the end on this side, and another Cherub on the other end, on that side: out of the Mercie seat made hee the Cherubims on the two ends thereof.
English Revised Version
one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat made he the cherubim at the two ends thereof.
Berean Standard Bible
one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
o cherub in the hiynesse of o part, and the tother cherub in the hiynesse of the tothir part; twei cherubyns, oon in ech hiynesse of the propiciatorie, stretchynge out the wengis,
Young's Literal Translation
one cherub at the end on this [side], and one cherub at the end on that, out of the mercy-seat he hath made the cherubs, at its two ends;
Update Bible Version
one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat he made the cherubim at the two ends thereof.
Webster's Bible Translation
One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the [other] end on that side: out of the mercy-seat made he the cherubim on the two ends of it.
World English Bible
one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.
New King James Version
one cherub at one end on this side, and the other cherub at the other end on that side. He made the cherubim at the two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.
New Living Translation
He molded the cherubim on each end of the atonement cover, making it all of one piece of gold.
New Life Bible
He made one cherub on one end and one cherub on the other end. He made the cherubim and the mercy-seat of one piece.
New Revised Standard
one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end; of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim at its two ends.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
one cherub, out of this end, and, one cherub, out of that end, out of the propitiatory itself, made he the cherubim, out of the two ends thereof:
Douay-Rheims Bible
One cherub in the top of one side, and the other cherub in the top of the other side: two cherubims at the two ends of the propitiatory,
Revised Standard Version
one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end; of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim on its two ends.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
one cherub at the one end and one cherub at the other end; he made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at the two ends.

Contextual Overview

1 And they made ten curtains for the tabernacle; 2 of eight and twenty cubits the length of one curtain: the same measure was to all, and the breadth of one curtain was of four cubits. 3 And they made the veil of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, the woven work with cherubs. 4 And they put it on four posts of incorruptible wood overlaid with gold; and their chapiters were gold, and their four sockets were silver. 5 And they made the veil of the door of the tabernacle of witness of blue, and purple, and spun scarlet, and fine linen twined, woven work with cherubs, 6 and their posts five, and the rings; and they gilded their chapiters and their clasps with gold, and they had five sockets of brass. 7 And they made the court toward the south; the curtains of the court of fine linen twined, a hundred cubits every way, 8 and their posts twenty, and their sockets twenty; 9 and on the north side a hundred every way, and on the south side a hundred every way, and their posts twenty and their sockets twenty.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

on the end: or, out of, etc

on the other end: or, out of, etc. Exodus 37:8

Cross-References

Genesis 37:3
And Jacob loved Joseph more than all his sons, because he was to him the son of old age; and he made for him a coat of many colours.
Genesis 37:4
And his brethren having seen that his father loved him more than all his sons, hated him, and could not speak anything peaceable to him.
Genesis 37:6
And he said to them, Hear this dream which I have dreamed.
Genesis 37:27
Come, let us sell him to these Ismaelites, but let not our hands be upon him, because he is our brother and our flesh; and his brethren hearkened.
Genesis 37:28
And the men, the merchants of Madian, went by, and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ismaelites for twenty pieces of gold; and they brought Joseph down into Egypt.
Genesis 49:26
the blessings of thy father and thy mother—it has prevailed above the blessing of the lasting mountains, and beyond the blessings of the everlasting hills; they shall be upon the head of Joseph, and upon the head of the brothers of whom he took the lead.
Exodus 2:14
And he said, Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us? wilt thou slay me as thou yesterday slewest the Egyptian? Then Moses was alarmed, and said, If it be thus, this matter has become known.
1 Samuel 10:27
But evil men said, Who is this man that shall save us? and they despised him, and brought him no gifts.
Psalms 118:22
The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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