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Christian Standard Bible ®

Exodus 37:8

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.

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.
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.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and their posts twenty, and their sockets twenty;
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

1Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. 2He overlaid it with pure gold inside and out and made a gold molding all around it. 3He cast four gold rings for it, for its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side. 4He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 5He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark for carrying the ark. 6He made a mercy seat of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide. 7He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat, 8one 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. 9They had wings spread out. They faced each other and covered the mercy seat with their wings. The faces of the cherubim were looking toward the mercy seat.

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
Now Israel loved Joseph more than his other sons because Joseph was a son born to him in his old age, and he made a robe of many colors for him.
Genesis 37:4
When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not bring themselves to speak peaceably to him.
Genesis 37:6
He said to them, “Listen to this dream I had:
Genesis 37:27
Come on, let’s sell him to the Ishmaelites and not lay a hand on him, for he is our brother, our own flesh,” and his brothers agreed.
Genesis 37:28
When Midianite traders passed by, his brothers pulled Joseph out of the pit and sold him for twenty pieces of silver to the Ishmaelites, who took Joseph to Egypt.
Genesis 49:26
The blessings of your father excelthe blessings of my ancestorsand the bounty of the ancient hills.May they rest on the head of Joseph,on the brow of the prince of his brothers.
Exodus 2:14
“Who made you a commander and judge over us?” the man replied. “Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?”
1 Samuel 10:27
But some wicked men said, “How can this guy save us?” They despised him and did not bring him a gift, but Saul said nothing.
1 Samuel 17:28
David’s oldest brother Eliab listened as he spoke to the men, and he became angry with him. “Why did you come down here?” he asked. “Who did you leave those few sheep with in the wilderness? I know your arrogance and your evil heart—you came down to see the battle!”
Psalms 118:22
The stone that the builders rejectedhas become the cornerstone.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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