Exodus 37:6

And he made the cover all of gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

5These rods he put in the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.

7And he made two winged ones, hammered out of one bit of gold, for the two ends of the cover;

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Cross References

Exodus 25:17And you are to make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

1 Chronicles 28:11Then David gave to his son Solomon the design of the doorway of the house of God and of its houses and its store-houses, and the higher rooms and the inner rooms and the place for the mercy-seat;

Galatians 4:4But when the time had come, God sent out his Son, made of a woman, made under the law,

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 37:2-10

The Tabernacle and Its Furniture. ( b. c. 1491.) 1 And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it: 2 And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. 3 And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it. 4 And he made staves of shittim wood,… Read the whole commentary →

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