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Above it (huperanō autēs). Up above, in local sense as in Eph 4:10, with ablative case autēs (it, the ark).
Cherubim of glory (Cheroubein doxēs). Hebrew word (dual form), two in number, made of gold (Exo 25:18-22). They are called zōa (living creatures) in the lxx (Isaiah 6:2f.; Ezek 1:5-10; 10:5-20).
Overshadowing (kataskiazonta). Present active participle of kataskiazō, old verb to shadow down on, cover with shade, only here in the N.T.
The mercy seat (to hilastērion). The pinions of the Cherubim spread over the rectangular gold slab on top of the ark termed the mercy seat. Here the adjective hilastērios has to mean mercy seat, the place, not the propitiatory gift or propitiation, as in Rom 3:25 (Deissmann, Bible Studies, pp. 124-35).
Severally (kata meros). In detail, distributive use of kata with meros (part).