Parallel Verses New International Version "Make an atonement cover 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. Darby Bible Translation And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 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 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; Exodus 25:17 Parallel Commentary Clarke's Commentary on the BibleA mercy-seat - כפרת capporeth, from כפר caphar, to cover or overspread; because by an act of pardon sins are represented as being covered, so that they no longer appear in the eye of Divine justice to displease, irritate, and call for punishment; and the person of the offender is covered or protected from the stroke of the broken law. In the Greek version of the Septuagint the word ιλαστηριον, hilasterion, is used, which signifies a propitiatory, and is the name used by the apostle, Hebrews 9:5. This mercy-seat or propitiatory was made of pure gold; it was properly the lid or covering of that vessel so well known by the name of the ark and ark of the covenant. On and before this, the high priest was to sprinkle the blood of the expiatory sacrifices on the great day of atonement: and it was in this place that God promised to meet the people, (see Exodus 25:22); for there he dwelt, and there was the symbol of the Divine presence. At each end of this propitiatory was a cherub, between whom this glory was manifested; hence in Scripture it is so often said that he dwelleth between the cherubim. As the word ιλαστηριον, propitiatory or mercy-seat, is applied to Christ, Romans 3:25, whom God hath set forth to be a Propitiation (ιλαστηριον) through faith in his blood - for the remission of sins that are past; hence we learn that Christ was the true mercy-seat, the thing signified by the capporeth, to the ancient believers. And we learn farther that it was by his blood that an atonement was to be made for the sins of the world. And as God showed himself between the cherubim over this propitiatory or mercy-seat, so it is said, God was in Christ reconciling the world unto himself; 2 Corinthians 5:19, etc. See on Leviticus 7 (note). Treasury of Scripture Knowledge mercy seat Exodus 26:34 And you shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the most holy place. Romans 3:25 Whom God has set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood... Library The Bread of the Presence'Thou shalt set upon the table shew-bread before Me alway.'--EXODUS xxv. 30. I suspect that to many readers the term 'shew-bread' conveys little more meaning than if the Hebrew words had been lifted over into our version. The original expression, literally rendered, is 'bread of the face'; or, as the Revised Version has it in the margin, 'presence bread,' and the meaning of that singular designation is paraphrased and explained in my text: 'Thou shalt set upon the table, bread of the presence before … Alexander Maclaren—Expositions of Holy Scripture April the Thirteenth Pure Gold The Word Man's Chief End Cross References Hebrews 9:5 Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory, overshadowing the atonement cover. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now. Exodus 25:18 And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. Exodus 37:6 He made the atonement cover of pure gold--two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. 1 Chronicles 28:11 Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper parts, its inner rooms and the place of atonement. Ezekiel 28:14 You were anointed as a guardian cherub, for so I ordained you. You were on the holy mount of God; you walked among the fiery stones. 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 WideLinks Exodus 25:17 NIVExodus 25:17 NLT Exodus 25:17 ESV Exodus 25:17 NASB Exodus 25:17 KJV Exodus 25:17 Bible Apps Exodus 25:17 Biblia Paralela Exodus 25:17 Chinese Bible Exodus 25:17 French Bible Exodus 25:17 German Bible Exodus 25:17 Commentaries THE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Bible Hub |