Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version “Make an atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. New Living Translation “Then make the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It must be 45 inches long and 27 inches wide. English Standard Version “You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. Berean Standard Bible And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. King James Bible 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. New King James Version “You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits shall be its length and a cubit and a half its width. New American Standard Bible “And you shall make an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. NASB 1995 “You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. NASB 1977 “And you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. Legacy Standard Bible “You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. Amplified Bible “You shall make a mercy seat (cover) of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. Christian Standard Bible Make a mercy seat of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide. Holman Christian Standard Bible Make a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide. American Standard 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. Contemporary English Version Make the lid of the chest out of pure gold. English Revised 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. GOD'S WORD® Translation "Make a throne of mercy to cover the ark out of pure gold 45 inches long and 27 inches wide. Good News Translation "Make a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide. International Standard Version "You are to make a Mercy Seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. Majority Standard Bible And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. NET Bible "You are to make an atonement lid of pure gold; its length is to be three feet nine inches, and its width is to be two feet three inches. New Heart English Bible You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Three feet eight inches shall be its length, and two feet three inches its breadth. Webster's Bible Translation And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. World English Bible You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionAnd you have made a propitiatory covering of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth; Young's Literal Translation '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; Smith's Literal Translation And make a cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth; Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleThou shalt make also a propitiatory of the purest gold: the length thereof shall be two cubits and a half, and the breadth a cubit and a half. Catholic Public Domain Version You shall also make a propitiatory of the finest gold. Its length shall hold two and one half cubits, and the width, one and one half cubits. New American Bible You shall then make a cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide. New Revised Standard Version Then you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAnd you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half broad. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And make the Mercy Seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length and a cubit and a half its width. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917And thou shalt make an ark-cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. Brenton Septuagint Translation And thou shalt make a propitiatory, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Mercy Seat17And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. 18Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,… Cross References Hebrews 9:5 Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now. Leviticus 16:2 And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat. 1 Kings 8:7 For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles. 1 Chronicles 28:11 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 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. 1 John 2:2 He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world. 1 John 4:10 And love consists in this: not that we loved God, but that He loved us and sent His Son as the atoning sacrifice for our sins. Psalm 80:1 For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lilies of the Covenant.” A Psalm of Asaph. Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth Numbers 7:89 When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony. Thus the LORD spoke to him. 2 Chronicles 5:7-8 Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim. / For the cherubim spread their wings over the place of the ark and overshadowed the ark and its poles. Leviticus 16:13-15 He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die. / And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat. / Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it. John 20:12 and she saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had lain, one at the head and the other at the feet. 1 Samuel 4:4 So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God. 2 Samuel 6:2 And he and all his troops set out for Baale of Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name—the name of the LORD of Hosts, who is enthroned between the cherubim that are on it. Revelation 11:19 Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm. Treasury of Scripture And you shall 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. mercy seat Exodus 26:34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. Exodus 37:6 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. Exodus 40:20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: Jump to Previous Ark-Cover Atonement Best Breadth Cover Cubit Cubits Gold Half Length Mercy Mercy-Seat Pure Seat Thereof WideJump to Next Ark-Cover Atonement Best Breadth Cover Cubit Cubits Gold Half Length Mercy Mercy-Seat Pure Seat Thereof WideExodus 25 1. What the Israelites were to offer for the building of the tabernacle10. The dimensions of the ark 17. The mercy seat, with the cherubim 23. The table of show bread, with the furniture thereof 31. The golden candlestick, with the instruments thereof atonement cover The term "atonement cover" is translated from the Hebrew word "kapporet," which is often referred to as the "mercy seat." This cover was the lid of the Ark of the Covenant and held profound theological significance. It was here that the high priest would sprinkle the blood of the sacrifice on the Day of Atonement, symbolizing the reconciliation between God and His people. The concept of atonement is central to the Christian faith, pointing forward to the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who is our atonement, reconciling us to God. pure gold two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide (17) A mercy seat.--Those critics to whom the idea of expiation is unsatisfactory, as Knobel and Gesenius, render kapporeth, the word here used, by "lid" or "cover." Kaphar, it may be Admitted, has the physical meaning of "to cover" (Genesis 6:14); but kipper, the Piel form of the same verb, has never any other meaning than that of "covering," or "expiating sins." And kapporeth is not formed from kaphar, but from kipper. Hence the ?????????? of the LXX., the propitiatorium of the Vulg., and the "mercy seat" of the Authorised Version are correct translations. (Comp. 1Chronicles 28:11, where the Holy of Holies is called beyth-hak-kapporeth, which is certainly not" the house of the cover,' but "the house of expiation.") Of pure gold.--Not of shittim wood, overlaid with a plating of gold, but a solid mass of the pure metal. It has been calculated that the weight would be 750 lbs. Troy, and the value above 25,000 of our money. It was intended to show by this lavish outlay, that the "mercy seat" was that object in which the accessories of worship culminated, the crowning glory of the material tabernacle. Verse 17. - Thou shalt make a mercy seat. Modern exegesis has endeavoured to empty the word kapporeth of its true meaning, witnessed to by the Septuagint, as well as by the Epistle to the Hebrews (Hebrews 9:5). It tells us that a kapporeth is simply a cover, "being derived from kaphar, to cover," - used in Genesis 5:14, with respect to covering the ark with pitch. But the truth is that kapporeth is not derived from kaphar, but from kipper, the Piel form of the same verb, which has never any other sense than that of covering, or forgiving sins. In this sense it is used in the Old Testament some seventy times. Whether the mercy seat was the real cover of the ark of the covenant, or whether that had its own lid of acacia wood, as Kalisch supposes, is uncertain. At any rate, it was not called kipporeth because it was a cover, but because it was a seat of propitiation. On the importance of the mercy seat, as in some sort transcending the ark itself, see Leviticus 16:2, and 1 Chronicles 28:11. Atonement was made by sprinkling the blood of expiation upon it (Leviticus 16:14, 15). Of pure gold, Not of wood, plated with metal, or richly gilt, but of solid gold - an oblong slab, three feet nine inches long, two feet three inches wide, and probably not less than an inch thick. The weight of such a slab would be above 750 lbs. troy, and its value above 25,000l. of our money. The length and breadth were exactly those of the ark itself, which the mercy seat thus exactly covered (ver. 10).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew And you are to makeוְעָשִׂ֥יתָ (wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make a mercy seat כַפֹּ֖רֶת (ḵap·pō·reṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 3727: Propitiatory of pure טָה֑וֹר (ṭā·hō·wr) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 2889: Clean, pure gold, זָהָ֣ב (zā·hāḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky two אַמָּתַ֤יִם (’am·mā·ṯa·yim) Noun - fd Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base and a half cubits וָחֵ֙צִי֙ (wā·ḥê·ṣî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2677: The half, middle long אָרְכָּ֔הּ (’ā·rə·kāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 753: Length and a cubit וְאַמָּ֥ה (wə·’am·māh) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 520: A mother, a cubit, a door-base and a half וָחֵ֖צִי (wā·ḥê·ṣî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2677: The half, middle wide. רָחְבָּֽהּ׃ (rā·ḥə·bāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's 7341: Breadth, width Links Exodus 25:17 NIVExodus 25:17 NLT Exodus 25:17 ESV Exodus 25:17 NASB Exodus 25:17 KJV Exodus 25:17 BibleApps.com Exodus 25:17 Biblia Paralela Exodus 25:17 Chinese Bible Exodus 25:17 French Bible Exodus 25:17 Catholic Bible OT Law: Exodus 25:17 You shall make a mercy seat (Exo. 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