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Exodus 25:17

15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

16 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

19 And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
KJV
And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
WEB
You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width.
ASV
And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
DARBY
And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
BLB
And you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its width.
ÅB
Så skal du gjøre en nådestol[^3] av rent gull, halvtredje alen lang og halvannen alen bred.
OTB
"Lag et dekke av rent gull til soning—to og en halv alen langt og en og en halv alen bredt.
B1930
Så skal du gjøre en nådestol av rent gull, halvtredje alen lang og halvannen alen bred. / < lokket på arken, som Herren tronet over, og som på den store forsoningsfest blev oversprengt med sonofferets blod.>

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Cross references

  • Hebrews 9:5

    And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we can not now speak particularly.

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  • Exodus 37:6

    And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

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  • Romans 3:25

    Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

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  • Hebrews 4:16

    Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

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  • Exodus 40:20

    And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

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  • 1 Chronicles 28:11

    Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,

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  • Leviticus 16:12–15

    And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail:

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  • 1 John 2:2

    And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.

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