Hebrews 9:5

New Testament · SCRIPTURE

Hebrews 9:5

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

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KJV

King James Version

And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we can not now speak particularly.

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WEB

World English Bible

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

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ASV

American Standard Version

and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak severally.

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BLB

Berean Literal Bible

And far above it [were] [the] cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat—concerning which it is not now [time] to speak particularly.

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Hebrews 9

³ Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,

⁴ containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

⁵ Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

⁶ When everything had been prepared in this way, the priests entered regularly into the first room to perform their sacred duties.

⁷ But only the high priest entered the second room, and then only once a year, and never without blood, which he offered for himself and for the sins the people had committed in ignorance.

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