Parallel Verses

Amplified

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 made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

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.

Holman Bible

He made a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

International Standard Version

He made a Mercy Seat of pure gold two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

A Conservative Version

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

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.

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.

Julia Smith Translation

And he will make the cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

King James 2000

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.

Lexham Expanded 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.

Modern King James verseion

And he made the mercy-seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half long, and one cubit and a half wide.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

And he made the mercy seat of pure gold two cubits and a half long and one cubit and a half broad,

NET Bible

He made an atonement lid of pure gold; its length was three feet nine inches, and its width was two feet three inches.

New Heart 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.

The 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:

Webster

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.

Youngs 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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And he made

Usage: 0

the mercy seat
כּפּרת 
Kapporeth 
Usage: 27

of pure
טהר טהור 
Tahowr 
Usage: 95

זהב 
Zahab 
Usage: 390

אמּה 
'ammah 
Usage: 245

and a half
חצי 
Chetsiy 
חצי 
Chetsiy 
Usage: 125
Usage: 125

was the length
ארך 
'orek 
length, long, ever, as long as, high
Usage: 95

אמּה 
'ammah 
Usage: 245

the breadth
רחב 
Rochab 
Usage: 101

References

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Easton

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Fausets

Hastings

Morish

Smith

Context Readings

Making The Ark

5 He put the carrying poles through the rings at the sides of the ark, to carry it. 6 Bezalel made the mercy seat of pure gold; it was two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide. 7 He made two cherubim of hammered gold; he made them at the two ends of the mercy seat,


Cross References

Hebrews 9:5

and above the ark were the [golden] cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; but we cannot now go into detail about these things.

Exodus 25:17-22

“You shall make a mercy seat (cover) of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

Leviticus 16:12-15

He shall take a censer full of burning coals from the [bronze] altar before the Lord, and two handfuls of finely ground sweet incense, and bring it inside the veil [into the Most Holy Place],

1 Chronicles 28:11

Then David gave to his son Solomon the plan for the porch of the temple, its buildings, its treasuries, its upper chambers, its inner rooms, and for the place for the [ark and its] mercy seat;

Romans 3:25

whom God displayed publicly [before the eyes of the world] as a [life-giving] sacrifice of atonement and reconciliation (propitiation) by His blood [to be received] through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness [which demands punishment for sin], because in His forbearance [His deliberate restraint] He passed over the sins previously committed [before Jesus’ crucifixion].

Galatians 4:4

But when [in God’s plan] the proper time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the [regulations of the] Law,

Titus 2:14

who [willingly] gave Himself [to be crucified] on our behalf to redeem us and purchase our freedom from all wickedness, and to purify for Himself a chosen and very special people to be His own possession, who are enthusiastic for doing what is good.

1 John 2:2

And He [that same Jesus] is the propitiation for our sins [the atoning sacrifice that holds back the wrath of God that would otherwise be directed at us because of our sinful nature—our worldliness, our lifestyle]; and not for ours alone, but also for [the sins of all believers throughout] the whole world.

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