Exodus 25:17

'And thou hast made a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

In Context

16and thou hast put unto the ark the testimony which I give unto thee.

18and thou hast made two cherubs of gold, beaten work dost thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;

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Cross References

Exodus 26:34'And thou hast put the mercy-seat on the ark of the testimony, in the holy of holies.

Exodus 37:6And he maketh a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;

Leviticus 16:12and hath taken the fulness of the censer of burning coals of fire from off the altar, from before Jehovah, and the fulness of his hands of thin spice-perfume, and hath brought [it] within the vail;

Romans 3:25whom God did set forth a mercy seat, through the faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of His righteousness, because of the passing over of the bygone sins in the forbearance of God —

Hebrews 9:5and over it cherubim of the glory, overshadowing the mercy-seat, concerning which we are not now to speak 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 →

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