Exodus 25:17
You are to make an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long by a cubit and a half wide.
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In Context
16Place inside the Ark the Testimony which I'm going to give you.
18Make two cherubim of hammered gold for the ends of the atonement cover,
Cross References
Exodus 26:34Put the atonement cover on the Ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.
Exodus 37:6He made the atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long by a cubit and a half wide.
Leviticus 16:12Then he will fill up an incense burner with burning coals from the altar that is before the Lord, and with his hands full of finely ground sweet-smelling incense, take them behind the veil.
Romans 3:25God openly presented Jesus as the gift that brings peace to those trusting in him, the one who shed his blood. God did this to demonstrate he is truly good and right, for previously he would hold back and pass over sins,
Hebrews 9:5Above this were the glorious angel cherubim covering the place of reconciliation. We can't discuss all of this in detail now.
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 →