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.
Who and where
◆ Tabernacle Built
People, places and events the Theographic dataset links to this verse.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
TabernacleMercy-SeatArkTestimony, Ark of thePropitiationBadgerInspirationBeautyTannerTen Commandments
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
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.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).
Verse numbering differs between Bibles
- 25:20 in some Bibles