Exodus 25:17
And you are to make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
Bible in Basic English
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In Context
16Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you.
18And at the two ends of the cover you are to make two winged ones of hammered gold,
Cross References
Exodus 26:34You are to put the cover on the ark of the law, inside the most holy place.
Exodus 37:6And he made the cover all of gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
Leviticus 16:12And he is to take a vessel full of burning coal from the altar before the Lord and in his hand some sweet perfume crushed small, and take it inside the veil;
Romans 3:25Whom God has put forward as the sign of his mercy, through faith, by his blood, to make clear his righteousness when, in his pity, God let the sins of earlier times go without punishment;
Hebrews 9:5And over it were the winged ones of glory with their wings covering the mercy-seat; about which it is not possible now to say anything 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 →