Exodus 25:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

²⁰ The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the cover with their wings. They shall face one to another; the faces of the cherubim shall be turned toward the cover.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

²⁰ And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

²⁰ And the cherubim shall spread out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, facing each other and looking down toward the mercy seat.

American Standard Version (1901)

²⁰ And the cherubim shall spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be.

Common English Bible

²⁰ The heavenly creatures should have their wings spread out above, shielding the cover with their wings. The winged heavenly creatures should face each other toward the cover’s center.

Catholic Public Domain Version

²⁰ And let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings and covering the oracle, and let them look out toward one another, their faces being turned toward the propitiatory, with which the ark is to be covered,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

²⁰ Let them cover both sides of the propitiatory, spreading their wings, and covering the oracle: and let them look one towards the other, their faces being turned towards the propitiatory wherewith the ark is to be covered.

Exodus 25:20 Cross References

Genesis 28:12

And he dreamed that there was a stairway set up on the earth, the top of it reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it.

1 Kings 6:23

In the inner sanctuary he made two cherubim of olivewood, each ten cubits high.

1 Kings 6:27

He put the cherubim in the innermost part of the house; the wings of the cherubim were spread out so that a wing of one was touching the one wall and a wing of the other cherub was touching the other wall; their other wings toward the center of the house were touching wing to wing.

1 Kings 8:7

For the cherubim spread out their wings over the place of the ark, so that the cherubim made a covering above the ark and its poles.

1 Chronicles 28:18

for the altar of incense made of refined gold and its weight; also his plan for the golden chariot of the cherubim that spread their wings and covered the ark of the covenant of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 3:10

In the most holy place he made two carved cherubim and overlaid them with gold.

Exodus 25:18

You shall make two cherubim of gold; you shall make them of hammered work at the two ends of the cover.

Exodus 25:19

Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other; of one piece with the cover you shall make the cherubim at its two ends.

Ezekiel 1:20

Wherever the spirit would go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them, for a living spirit was in the wheels.

Ezekiel 28:14

You were a cherub; I placed you on the holy mountain of God; you walked among the stones of fire.

Matthew 24:31

And he will send out his angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

John 1:51

And he said to him, “Very truly, I tell you, you will see heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of Man.”

1 Corinthians 11:10

For this reason a woman ought to have authority over her head, because of the angels.

1 Corinthians 4:9

For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, as though sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels and to humans.

Ephesians 3:10

so that through the church the wisdom of God in its rich variety might now be made known to the rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.

Colossians 2:10

and you have come to fullness in him, who is the head of every ruler and authority.

Hebrews 1:14

Are not all angels spirits in the divine service, sent to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation?

Hebrews 9:5

above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the cover of the ark. Of these things we cannot speak now in detail.

1 Peter 1:12

It was revealed to them that they were serving not themselves but you, in regard to the things that have now been announced to you through those who brought you good news by the Holy Spirit sent from heaven, things into which angels long to look!

1 Peter 3:22

who has gone into heaven and is at the right hand of God, with angels, authorities, and powers made subject to him.