קָצָה

Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,

…one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.

Make loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and do the same for the end curtain in the second set.

Construct for it a grate of bronze mesh, and make a bronze ring at each of the four corners of the mesh.

It shall have two shoulder pieces attached at two of its corners, so it can be fastened.

You are also to make two gold rings and fasten them to the two corners of the breastpiece.

Then fasten the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,

…and fasten the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

Make two more gold rings and attach them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.

He made loops of blue material on the edge of the end curtain in the first set, and also on the end curtain in the second set.

He made two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,

…one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.

They made shoulder pieces for the ephod, which were attached at two of its corners, so it could be fastened.

They also made two gold filigree settings and two gold rings, and fastened the two rings to the two corners of the breastpiece.

Then they fastened the two gold chains to the two gold rings at the corners of the breastpiece,

…and they fastened the other ends of the two chains to the two filigree settings, attaching them to the shoulder pieces of the ephod at the front.

They made two more gold rings and attached them to the other two corners of the breastpiece, on the inside edge next to the ephod.

So the Danites sent out five men from their clans, men of valor from Zorah and Eshtaol, to spy out the land and explore it. “Go and explore the land,” they told them. The men entered the hill country of Ephraim and came to the house of Micah, where they spent the night.

One wing of the first cherub was five cubits long, and the other wing was five cubits long as well. So the full wingspan was ten cubits.

Jeroboam also built shrines on the high places and appointed from every class of people priests who were not Levites.

Even after these events, Jeroboam did not repent of his evil ways, but again he appointed priests for the high places from every class of people. He ordained anyone who desired to be a priest of the high places.

So the new residents worshiped the LORD, but they also appointed for themselves priests of all sorts to serve in the shrines of the high places.

Indeed, these are but the fringes of His ways; how faint is the whisper we hear of Him! Who then can understand the thunder of His power?”

For He looks to the ends of the earth and sees everything under the heavens.

…it rises at one end of the heavens and runs its circuit to the other; nothing is deprived of its warmth.

Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary; His understanding is beyond searching out.

The islands see and fear; the ends of the earth tremble. They approach and come forward.

I brought you from the ends of the earth and called you from its farthest corners. I said, ‘You are My servant.’ I have chosen and not rejected you.

I will bring the four winds against Elam from the four corners of the heavens, and I will scatter them to all these winds. There will not be a nation to which Elam’s exiles will not go.

No, it is cast into the fire for fuel. The fire devours both ends, and the middle is charred. Can it be useful for anything?