Exodus 25:20 — Bible Verse (KJV)

“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.”

Exodus 25:20 — King James Version (KJV), 1611

Exodus 25:20 in 6 Bible Translations

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Exodus 25:20 WEB — World English Bible (2000)

“The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.”

Exodus 25:20 — World English Bible

Exodus 25:20 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)

“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. ”

Exodus 25:20 — American Standard Version

Exodus 25:20 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)

“`And the cherubs have been spreading out wings on high, covering the mercy-seat over with their wings, and their faces <FI>are<Fi> one towards another--towards the mercy-seat are the faces of the cherubs.”

Exodus 25:20 — Young's Literal Translation

Exodus 25:20 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)

“And the cherubim shall stretch out [their] wings over it, covering over with their wings the mercy-seat, and their faces opposite to one another: toward the mercy-seat shall the faces of the cherubim be [turned]. ”

Exodus 25:20 — Darby Translation

Exodus 25:20 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)

“And the Cherubims shall stretche their winges on hie, couering the Mercie seate with their winges, and their faces one to another: to the Mercie seate warde shall the faces of the Cherubims be.”

Exodus 25:20 — Geneva Bible

Exodus 25:20 in Context — Exodus 25

18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

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.

21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

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What Does Exodus 25:20 Mean?

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