Commentaire sur Chroniques 1 28:18
וּלְמִזְבַּ֧ח הַקְּטֹ֛רֶת זָהָ֥ב מְזֻקָּ֖ק בַּמִּשְׁקָ֑ל וּלְתַבְנִ֣ית הַמֶּרְכָּבָ֗ה הַכְּרֻבִ֤ים זָהָב֙ לְפֹ֣רְשִׂ֔ים וְסֹכְכִ֖ים עַל־אֲר֥וֹן בְּרִית־יְהוָֽה׃
le poids d’or affiné pour l’autel des parfums. [Il remit] aussi le plan du char, des chérubins d’or ayant les ailes étendues et recouvrant l’arche d’alliance du Seigneur,
Rashi on I Chronicles
refined gold - Heb. זָהָב מְזֻקָּק, like refined silver (כֶּסֶף מְזֻקָּק).
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Rashi on I Chronicles
and for the pattern of the chariot They are the cherubim upon which the Shechinah “rides.”
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which spread out [their wings] and covered Heb. לְפרְשִׂים. i.e., which were spreading and covering over the Ark, as is stated (Ex. 25: 20): “The cherubim shall spread their wings, etc.”
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