Exodus 25:17
Thou shalt make also a propitiatory of the purest gold: the length thereof shall be two cubits and a half, and the breadth a cubit and a half.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
16And thou shalt put in the ark the testimony which I will give thee.
18Thou shalt make also two cherubims of beaten gold, on the two sides of the oracle.
Cross References
Exodus 26:34And thou shalt set the propitiatory upon the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies.
Exodus 37:6He 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.
Leviticus 16:12And taking the censer, which he hath filled with the burning coals of the altar, and taking up with his hand the compounded perfume for incense, he shall go in within the veil into the holy place:
Romans 3:25Whom God hath proposed to be a propitiation, through faith in his blood, to the shewing of his justice, for the remission of former sins,
Hebrews 9:5And over it were the cherubims of glory overshadowing the propitiatory: of which it is not needful to speak now particularly.
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 →