Exodus 25:22

“There I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the cover of expiation, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, all that I will command you for the sons of Israel.”

Exodus 25:22 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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כַּפֹּרֶת / ἱλαστήριον

From above it, between the two cherubim, YHWH will speak with Moses.

Exodus 25:17Leviticus 16:2

Exodus 25:22, word by word

I will meetנוֹעַדְתִּיnoadti

meet

To meet someone at the place and time agreed.

Where else “noadti” appears
and I will speakדִבַּרְתִּיdibarti

speak

To speak, say something; above all God to his people.

Where else “dibarti” appears
the cover of expiationכַּפֹּרֶתkaporet

cover of expiation

The gold lid of the ark, with the two cherubim. Its name comes from the verb "make expiation" (cover sin), because there the blood was sprinkled on the day of expiation (Leviticus 16:14-15).

Where else “kaporet” appears
the twoשְׁנֵיshene

both

The two together, both of them.

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cherubimכְּרֻבִיםkeruvim

cherub

Cherub(im): heavenly beings who in the Bible appear near God's presence and guarding what is holy, such as the way to the tree of life and the place above the ark of the covenant. They are not the "little angels" of paintings.

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the arkאֲרֹןaron

ark

The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.

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of the testimonyעֵדֻתedut

testimony

Testimony: the tablets of the covenant, which bear witness to what God commanded; "the ark of the testimony" holds them.

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I will commandאֲצַוֶּהatsave

command

To give an order: "as YHWH had commanded".

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the sonsבְּנֵיbene

descendant

A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".

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of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael

Israel

Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.

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The context

21You shall put the cover of expiation on top of the ark, and into the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.

22 · This verse (above)

23You shall make a table of acacia wood: two cubits its length, a cubit its width, and a cubit and a half its height.

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