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3 Kings 8:7

For the cherubims spread forth their wings over the place of the ark, and covered the ark, and the staves thereof above.

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The verse in its languages

Vulgate (Clementine)
Siquidem cherubim expandebant alas super locum arcæ, et protegebant arcam, et vectes ejus desuper.
Septuagint (Swete)
ὅτι τὰ χερουβεὶν διαπεπετασμένα ταῖς πτέρυξιν ἐπὶ τὸν τόπον τῆς κιβωτοῦ· καὶ περιεκάλυπτον τὰ χερουβεὶν ἐπὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἅγια αὐτῆς ἐπάνωθεν,
Hebrew (WLC)
כִּ֤י הַכְּרוּבִים֙ פֹּרְשִׂ֣ים כְּנָפַ֔יִם אֶל מְק֖וֹם הָֽאָר֑וֹן וַיָּסֹ֧כּוּ הַכְּרֻבִ֛ים עַל הָאָר֥וֹן וְעַל בַּדָּ֖יו מִלְמָֽעְלָה