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The Mercy Seat

Exodus 25:21

In 11 translations

BSB
Set the mercy seat atop the ark, and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
KJV
And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
WEB
You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I will give you.
ASV
And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
LSV
And you have put the propitiatory covering on the Ark above, and you put the Testimony which I give to you into the Ark;
YLT
'And thou hast put the mercy-seat on the ark above, and unto the ark thou dost put the testimony which I give unto thee;
DBY
And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above on the ark, and shalt put in the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.
DRC
In which thou shalt put the testimony that I will give thee.
GNV
And thou shalt put the Mercieseate aboue vpon the Arke, and in the Arke thou shalt put the Testimonie, which I will giue thee,
JPS
And thou shalt put the ark-cover above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
LXXE
And thou shalt set the propitiatory on the ark above, and thou shalt put into the ark the testimonies which I shall give thee.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְנָתַתָּ֧ אֶת־הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶת עַל־הָאָרֹ֖ן מִלְמָ֑עְלָה וְאֶל־הָ֣אָרֹ֔ן תִּתֵּן֙ אֶת־הָ֣עֵדֻ֔ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר אֶתֵּ֖ן אֵלֶֽיךָ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἐπιθήσεις τὸ ἱλαστήριον ἐπὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν ἄνωθεν, καὶ εἰς τὴν κιβωτὸν ἐμβαλεῖς τὰ μαρτύρια, ἃ ἂν δῶ σοι.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 26:34Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.
  • Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
  • Exodus 25:16–17And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you. And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 25:20 in some Bibles

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