## he heard his voice speaking to him ##

AT: "Moses heard Yahweh speaking to him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

## from above the atonement lid on the ark of the covenant decrees, from between the two cherubim ##

These two phrases mean basically the same thing and are combined for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

## He spoke to him ##

AT: "Yahweh spoke to Moses"