Exodus 37:6

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“He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.”

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BSBPD

“He constructed 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)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And he maketh 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 Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 37:6 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 25:17And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Galatians 4:4But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
  6. Titus 2:14He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.
  7. Hebrews 9:5Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
  8. 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.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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