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the Week of Proper 11 / Ordinary 16
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Bishop's Bible

Exodus 37:6

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gold;   Mercy-Seat;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Exodus;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Mercy Seat;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Crown;   Mercy Seat;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;   Mercy-seat;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mercy-Seat;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
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.
Lexham English Bible
And he made an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width.
New Century Version
Then he made a lid of pure gold that was forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.
New English Translation
He made an atonement lid of pure gold; its length was three feet nine inches, and its width was two feet three inches.
Amplified Bible
Bezalel made the mercy seat of pure gold; it was two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide.
New American Standard Bible
He also made an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.
Geneva Bible (1587)
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.
Legacy Standard Bible
He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.
Contemporary English Version
The entire lid of the chest, which was also covered with pure gold, was the place of mercy.
Complete Jewish Bible
He made a cover for the ark of pure gold, three-and-three-quarters feet long and two-and-a-quarter feet wide.
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.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then he made the mercy-cover from pure gold. It was 2 1/2 cubits long and 1 1/2 cubits wide.
English Standard Version
And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
George Lamsa Translation
And he made the mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half was its length and one cubit and a half its breadth.
Good News Translation
He made a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
Christian Standard Bible®
He made a mercy seat of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.
Literal Translation
And he made a mercyseat of pure gold; two cubits and a half long, and a cubit and a half wide.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he made ye Mercyseate of pure golde two cubytes and a half longe, and a cubite and a half brode,
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.
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.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he made an ark-cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
King James Version (1611)
And he made the Mercie seat of pure gold: two cubites and an halfe was the length thereof, and one cubite and an halfe the breadth thereof.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and their posts five, and the rings; and they gilded their chapiters and their clasps with gold, and they had five sockets of brass.
English Revised 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.
Berean Standard Bible
He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He made also a propiciatorie, that is, Goddis answeryng place, of pureste gold, of twei cubitis and an half in lengthe, and of o cubit and an half in breede.
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;
Update Bible 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 width thereof.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he made the mercy-seat [of] pure gold: two cubits and a half [was] the length of it, and one cubit and a half the breadth of it.
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 breadth.
New King James Version
He also made the mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits was its length and a cubit and a half its width.
New Living Translation
Then he made the Ark's cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It was 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
New Life Bible
He made a mercy-seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide.
New Revised Standard
He made a mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its width.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he made a propitiatory of pure gold, - two cubits and a half, the length thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof:
Douay-Rheims Bible
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.
Revised Standard Version
And he made a mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
THE MESSAGE
Next he made a lid of pure gold for the Chest, an Atonement-Cover, three and three-quarters feet long and two and a quarter feet wide.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

Contextual Overview

1 And Besaleel made the arke of Sittim wood: two cubites & a halfe long, & a cubite and a halfe brode, and a cubite and a halfe hygh. 2 And ouerlaide it with fine golde within & without, and made a crowne of golde to it rounde about. 3 And cast for it foure rynges of golde for the foure corners of it: two rynges for the one syde, and two for the other. 4 And made barres of Sittim wood, and couered them with golde. 5 And put the barres in the rynges, along by the side of the arke, to beare the arke withall. 6 And he made the mercy seate of pure golde: two cubites and a halfe was the length thereof, and one cubite and a halfe the breadth. 7 And he made two Cherubims of thicke gold, vpo the two endes of ye mercy seat. 8 One Cherub on the one end, and another Cherub on the other ende: euen of the mercy seate made he the Cherubims, namely in the endes therof. 9 And the Cherubims spread out theyr wynges aboue on hye, & couered ye mercy seate therwith: And their faces were one to another, euen to the mercy seate warde were the faces of ye Cherubims.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 25:17-22, Leviticus 16:12-15, 1 Chronicles 28:11, Romans 3:25, Galatians 4:4, Titus 2:14, Hebrews 9:5, 1 John 2:2

Reciprocal: Exodus 40:20 - mercy 2 Chronicles 5:7 - to the oracle

Cross-References

Genesis 44:18
Then Iuda went vnto him, and said: Oh my lorde, let thy seruaunt [I pray thee] speake a worde in my lordes eares, and be not inflamed with wrath agaynst thy seruaunt, for thou art euen as Pharao.
Judges 9:7
And when they tolde it to Ioatham, he went and stoode in the top of mount Garizim, and lyft vp his voyce, & cryed, and sayd vnto them: Hearken vnto me you men of Sichem, that God may hearken vnto you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 37:6. He made the mercy-seat — See this described Exodus 25:17. Exodus 25:17; Exodus 25:17.


 
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