Exodus 37:7

Exodus 37:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;
• New International Version (NIV)Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he made two cherubim of gold. He made them of hammered work on the two ends of the mercy seat,
• New King James Version (NKJV)He made two cherubim of beaten gold; he made them of one piece at the two ends of the mercy seat:

Context of Exodus 37:7

5And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark. 6— And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. And he made two cherubim of gold; of beaten work did he make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat; 8one 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. 9And the cherubim spread out [their] wings over it, covering over with their wings the mercy-seat; and their faces were opposite to one another: the faces of the cherubim were [turned] toward the mercy-seat.

Exodus 37:7 word by word

וַיַּ֛עַשׂ שְׁנֵ֥י כְרֻבִ֖ים זָהָ֑ב מִקְשָׁה֙ עָשָׂ֣ה אֹתָ֔ם מִשְּׁנֵ֖י קְצ֥וֹת הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃Read the interlinear

• madeעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• twoשְׁנַ֫יִםshenayim shettayim · twoH8147
• cherubimכְּרוּבkerûb · cherubH3742
• goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• workמִקְשָׁהmiqshâh · hammered workH4749
• endsקָצָהqâtsâh · endH7098

Cross-references for Exodus 37:7

• 1 Kings 6:23And he made in the oracle two cherubim of olive-wood, ten cubits high;
• Psalms 80:1Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that sittest [between] the cherubim, shine forth.
• Psalms 104:4Who maketh his angels spirits; his ministers a flame of fire.
• Ezekiel 10:2And he spoke unto the man clothed with linen, and said, Come in between the wheels, under the cherub, and fill the hollow of thy hands with coals of fire from between the cherubim, and scatter them over the city. And he went in in my sight.

Commentaries on Exodus 37:7

• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-29It says that Bezalel made the ark of the covenant and all the furnishings, as well as the courtyard and its furnishings (37:1, 10, 17, 25; 38:1, 8, 9, 18). But this probably means he was in charge and guided the other craftsmen and seamstresses.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-106-10. made the mercy seat of pure gold--To construct a figure, whether the body of a beast or a man, with two extended wings, measuring from two to three feet from tip to tip, with the hammer, out of a solid piece of gold, was what few, if any, artisans of the present day could accomplish.Read the comment

Topics related to Exodus 37:7

• Cherubim
• Gold
• Mercy-Seat

In the dictionaries

• Ark
• Atonement, Day of
• Cherubim (1)
• Exodus, the Book of
• Genesis
• Leviticus
• Pentateuch
• Septuagint
• Tabernacle
• Wanderings of Israel

Commentaries on Exodus 37

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings