Exodus 37:9
And the cherubim had wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the mercy seat.
What it says
The cherubim spread their wings above the mercy seat and face one another while looking toward it. Their posture centers attention on the space they overshadow.
What it is doing
It completes the image of the mercy seat by showing its guarded, inward-facing arrangement.
In context
6He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. 7He made two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat, 8one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold. 9And the cherubim had wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the mercy seat.