He had these items put away in the ark and covered with the mercy seat, which had two cherubim on it. (Hebrews 9:5) And once a year, the high priest would enter the holy of holies where the ark ...

In Exodus 25: 18-20, God said: “And you shall make two cherubim of gold [that is two gold statues of angels]; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat. Make one ...

On top were two cherubim between whom God had spoken with Moses and the elaborately designed lid was called “the mercy seat.” Among the references are Exodus 25:10-11 and 17-22, Deuteronomy 31 ...

Western art and literature are fascinated by the Biblical cherubim that adorn the Ark of the Covenant. In popular culture, cherubim have round childlike faces, sweet dispositions and beaming smiles.

[22] There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you of all that I will give you in ...

above what was called the “mercy seat” (Ex 25:22): between two carved golden cherubim (angels). This was an early parallel to the eucharistic Real Presence. The Church Fathers drew from the ...

In other passages God gives details of an “ark of shittim wood” overlaid with gold, with “two cherubim of gold” atop it. Exodus 25: 21: “And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ...