Passage

Cherubim above the mercy seat

Source and translation

World English Bible, Protestant Edition · Public domain · en

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⁵and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.

Hebrews 9:5World English Bible, Protestant Edition

The scene

The letter describes the ark and the objects associated with it.

To understand

Above the mercy seat are the cherubim of glory. The writer says he cannot now discuss these things in detail and moves on to the priests’ service in the first tent.

A question

Where does the writer stop the description and move to priestly service?