Exodus 25:17
And thou shall make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
16And thou shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
Cross References
Exodus 26:34And thou shall put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
Exodus 37:6And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it.
Leviticus 16:12And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil.
Romans 3:25whom God set forth an expiatory sacrifice through faith in his blood, for proof of his justice, because of the passing over of the sins that have formerly occurred
Hebrews 9:5And above it were cherubim of glory overshadowing the place of forgiveness, about which things it is not now to speak in detail.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 25:11-23
10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 11 And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. 12 And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. 13 And thou shalt… Read the whole commentary →