Exodus 37:6

In 11 translations

BSB

He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.The mercy seat was approximately 3.75 feet long and 2.25 feet wide (114.3 centimeters long and 68.6 centimeters 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.

LSV

And he makes a propitiatory covering of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;

YLT

And he maketh a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;

DBY

— 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.

DRC

He made also the propitiatory, that is, the oracle, of the purest gold, two cubits and a half in length, and a cubit and a half in breadth.

GNV

And he made the Merciseate of pure golde: two cubites and an halfe was the length thereof, and one cubite and an halfe the breadth thereof.

JPS

And he made an ark-cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

LXXE38:5

and their posts five, and the rings; and they gilded their chapiters and their clasps with gold, and they had five sockets of brass. And he made the propitiatory over the ark of pure gold,

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Original-language editions

WLC

וַיַּ֥עַשׂ כַּפֹּ֖רֶת זָהָ֣ב טָה֑וֹר אַמָּתַ֤יִם וָחֵ֨צִי֙ אָרְכָּ֔הּ וְאַמָּ֥ה וָחֵ֖צִי רָחְבָּֽהּ׃

LXX-Br38:5

καὶ τοὺς στύλους αὐτῶν πέντε, καὶ τοὺς κρίκους· καὶ τὰς κεφαλίδας αὐτῶν, καὶ τὰς ψαλίδας αὐτῶν κατεχρύσωσαν χρυσίῳ· καὶ αἱ βάσεις αὐτῶν πέντε χαλκαῖ. Καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ ἱλαστήριον ἐπάνωθεν τῆς κιβωτοῦ ἐκ χρυσίου καθαροῦ,

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Cross-references most cited first

• Hebrews 9:5Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
• Romans 3:25God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
• Galatians 4:4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
• 1 John 2:2He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
• Exodus 25:17–22And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat, one cherub on one end and one on the other,…
• 1 Chronicles 28:11Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
• Leviticus 16:12–15Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil. He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD,…
• Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.

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