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Exodus 37:6

4 And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.

5 And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

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.

7 And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat;

8 One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he 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
He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
KJV
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.
WEB
He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its width.
ASV
And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half [was] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
DARBY
And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
BLB
And He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its width.
ÅB
Så gjorde han en nådestol av rent gull, halvtredje alen lang og halvannen alen bred.
OTB
Han laget også soningslokket av rent gull, to og en halv alen langt og en og en halv alen bredt.
B1930
Så gjorde han en nådestol av rent gull, halvtredje alen lang og halvannen alen bred.

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  • 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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  • 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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  • Exodus 25:17–22

    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.

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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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  • Titus 2:14

    Who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

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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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  • Galatians 4:4

    But when the fulness of the time was come, God sent forth his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

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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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