37:1 比撒列用皂莢木做櫃，長二肘半，寬一肘半，高一肘半。
37:2 裡外包上精金，四圍鑲上金牙邊，
37:3 又鑄四個金環，安在櫃的四腳上：這邊兩環，那邊兩環。
37:4 用皂莢木做兩根槓，用金包裹。
37:5 把槓穿在櫃旁的環內，以便抬櫃。
37:6 用精金做施恩座，長二肘半，寬一肘半。
37:7 用金子錘出兩個基路伯來，安在施恩座的兩頭，
37:8 這頭做一個基路伯，那頭做一個基路伯，二基路伯接連一塊，在施恩座的兩頭。
37:9 二基路伯高張翅膀，遮掩施恩座；基路伯是臉對臉，朝著施恩座。
Bezalel made the ark of
acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit
and a half high.[a] 2 He overlaid it with pure gold,
both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it. 3 He cast four gold rings for
it and fastened them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings
on the other. 4 Then
he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 5 And he inserted the poles
into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
6 He made the atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long
and a cubit and a half wide. 7 Then he made two cherubim out
of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. 8 He made one cherub on one end and the second cherub
on the other; at the two ends he made them of one piece with the cover.
9 The cherubim had their
wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim faced each
other, looking toward the cover.
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約櫃是上帝同在的記號，甚至於可以說上帝在施恩座垂聽祂的百姓禱告！所以，在施恩座外圍要做兩個基路伯，並且用基路伯高張翅膀來掩蓋，使人不會被上帝的榮光照耀而站立不住！
這樣的榮耀景象，也在以賽亞書6章1-3節也有相同描述：「當烏西雅王崩的那年，我見主坐在高高的寶座上。他的衣裳垂下，遮滿聖殿。其上有撒拉弗侍立，各有六個翅膀：用兩個翅膀遮臉，兩個翅膀遮腳，兩個翅膀飛翔；彼此呼喊說：聖哉！聖哉！聖哉！萬軍之耶和華；他的榮光充滿全地！」
可見上帝的榮光是何等的大，連天使撒拉弗都要「用兩個翅膀遮臉，兩個翅膀遮腳」！但是，今日上帝設立耶穌基督為上帝和人之間的中保，使我們不會被這樣的大榮光所阻擋，反倒可以面對面來看主耶穌，就是看見上帝了！就像保羅所說：「我們眾人既然敞著臉得以看見主的榮光，好像從鏡子裡返照，就變成主的形狀，榮上加榮，如同從主的靈變成的！」（哥林多後書3:18）
也因此，人從我們的臉上可以看見主耶穌的榮光了！
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