<p>9:5 <i>And above it were cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat- </i>The reference may be to the shining forth of the <i>shekinah</i> glory from between those cherubim on the Day of Atonement, which is the situation being described here; see on :4.</p><p><i>Of which things we cannot now speak in detail</i>- This sounds similar to the comment on 5:11 that Paul could not speak as he could have done about some things because of the immaturity of the audience. But the Greek could also imply that he was running out of time and so had to skip talking about the cherubim- which would be appropriate to a spoken address (see on 13:22).</p>