Commentary on Harmony of the Law Volume 2 Complete John Calvin
HARMONY OF THE LAW · VOLUME 2
4. And he made staves of shittimwood, and overlaid them with gold.
4. Fecit et vectes e lignis sittim, et texit eos auro.
5. And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
5. Induxitque vectes in annulos in lateribus arcae ad portandum arcam.
6. And he made the mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
6. Fecit et propitiatorium ex auro mundo: duorum cubitorum et dimidii longitudo ejus, cubiti et dimidii latitudo ejus.
7. And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy-seat;
7. Fecit quoque duos Cherubim ex auro, ductiles fecit eos in duabus extremitatibus propitiatorii.
8. One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the
8. Cherub unum ab extremo hinc, et cherub alterum ab extremo inde: ex propitiatorio fecit cherubim in duabus extremitatibus ejus. mercy-seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof.
9. And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercyseat, with their faces one to another; even to the mercy-seat-ward were
9. Cherubim autem extendebant alas sursum versus, tegentes alis suis propitiatorium et facies eorum altera ad alteram: ad propitiatorium facies Cherubim. the faces of the cherubims.
10. And he made the table of shittim-wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
10. Fecit et mensam e liguis sittim: duorum cubitorum longitudo ejus, et cubiti latitudo ejus, cubiti autem et dimidii altitudo ejus.