Commentaries:
Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)
Above it (uperanw authv). Up above, in local sense as in Ephesians 4:10, with ablative case authv (it, the ark).
Cherubim of glory (Xeroubein dochv). Hebrew word (dual form), two in number, made of gold (Exodus 25:18-22). They are called zwa (living creatures) in the LXX (Isaiah 6:2 f.; Ezekiel 1:5-10; Ezekiel 10:5-20).
Overshadowing (kataskiazonta). Present active participle of kataskiazw, old verb to shadow down on, cover with shade, only here in the N.T.
The mercy seat (to ilasthrion). The pinions of the Cherubim spread over the rectangular gold slab on top of the ark termed the mercy seat. Here the adjective ilasthriov has to mean mercy seat, the place, not the propitiatory gift or propitiation, as in Romans 3:25 (Deissmann, Bible Studies, pp. 124-35).
Severally (kata merov). In detail, distributive use of kata with merov (part).
Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing Hebrews 9:5:
Acts 7:2
Romans 3:25
Romans 11:25
1 Corinthians 2:8
Ephesians 1:17
Ephesians 1:21
Hebrews 4:14
Hebrews 8:1
Hebrews 10:19
James 2:1
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