Exodus 37:6

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.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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

5And he put them into the rings that were at the sides of the ark to carry it.

7Two cherubims also of beaten gold, which he set on the two sides of the propitiatory:

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Cross References

Exodus 25:17Thou 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.

1 Chronicles 28:11And David gave to Solomon his son a description of the porch, and of the temple, and of the treasures, and of the upper floor, and of the inner chambers, and of the house for the mercy seat,

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

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 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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