Exodus 25:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.”
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“And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“`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;”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Exodus 25:17 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 26:34Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.
- Exodus 35:12the ark with its poles and mercy seat, and the veil to shield it;
- 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.
- 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.
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