Exodus 37:6 “He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long a…”

Exodus 37:6

He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its width.

American Standard Version

And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Geneva Bible 1599

And he made the Merciseate of pure golde: two cubites and an halfe was the length thereof, and one cubite and an halfe the breadth thereof.

Darby Translation

— And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

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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Cross references

“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.”

Hebrews 9:5 Exodus 25:17–22 Leviticus 16:12–15 1 Chronicles 28:11 Romans 3:25 Galatians 4:4

Hebrews 9:5 · BSB

Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

Exodus 25:17–22 · BSB

And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

Leviticus 16:12–15 · BSB

Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.

1 Chronicles 28:11 · BSB

Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.

Romans 3:25 · BSB

God presented Him as an atoning sacrifice in His blood through faith, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.

Galatians 4:4 · BSB

But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry it.

7He made two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,

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