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Exodus 25:17
Exodus 25:17 is verse 17 of Exodus chapter 25, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
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.
Or an atonement cover; here and throughout Exodus
The mercy seat was approximately 3.75 feet long and 2.25 feet wide (114.3 centimeters long and 68.6 centimeters wide).
King James 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.
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.
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Exodus 25:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
15 The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed.
16 And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
17 And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
18 Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
19 one cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Exodus 26:34Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.
Exodus 37:6He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
Exodus 40:20Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.
Leviticus 16:12Then 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.
Leviticus 16:13He 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.
Leviticus 16:14And 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.
Leviticus 16:15Aaron 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.
1 Chronicles 28:11Then 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 3:25God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
Hebrews 4:16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Hebrews 9:5Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
1 John 2:2He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.