Hebrews 9:5
3 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,
4 containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
6 When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.
7 But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
- KJV
- And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we can not now speak particularly.
- WEB
- and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.
- ASV
- and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak severally.
- DARBY
- and above over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy-seat; concerning which it is not now [the time] to speak in detail.
- BLB
- And far above it [were] the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat—concerning which it is not now [time] to speak particularly.
- ÅB
- og over den herlighetens kjeruber, som skygget over nådestolen; men om disse ting skal vi ikke nå tale stykke for stykke.
- OTB
- Over kisten var herlighetens kjeruber, som overskygget soningslokket. Men vi kan ikke diskutere disse sakene i detalj på dette tidspunktet.
- B1930
- og over den herlighetens kjeruber, som skygget over nådestolen; men om disse ting skal vi ikke nu tale stykke for stykke.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Leviticus 16:2
And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
Read in contextNumbers 7:89
When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony. Thus the LORD spoke to him.
Read in context1 Kings 8:6–7
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
Read in contextExodus 25:17–22
And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
Read in contextPsalms 99:1
The LORD reigns; let the nations tremble! He is enthroned above the cherubim; let the earth quake!
Read in contextPsalms 80:1
Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
Read in contextLeviticus 16:13
He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die.
Read in context2 Kings 19:15
And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD: “O LORD, God of Israel, enthroned between the cherubim, You alone are God over all the kingdoms of the earth. You made the heavens and the earth.
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