Exodus 25:17 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 25:17

And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

A mercy seat of pure gold - (Compare Exo 37:6-9.) In external form, the mercy-seat was a plate of gold with the cherubim standing on it, the whole beaten out of one solid piece of metal Exo 37:7; it was placed upon the ark and so took the place of a cover. “mercy” seat expresses well the distinct significance and recognized designation of the Hebrew name. Exo 25:18-20 The cherubim of the mercy-seat were human figures, each having two wings. They must have been of small size, proportioned to the area of the mercy-seat.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

This propitiatory covering, as it might well be translated, was a type of Christ, the great propitiation, whose satisfaction fully answers the demands of the law, covers our transgressions, and comes between us and the curse we deserve. Thus he is the end of the law for righteousness.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ	ve.'a.Si.ta	and you will make	H6213 →
כַפֹּ֖רֶת	kha.Po.ret	an atonement cover	H3727 →
זָהָ֣ב	za.Hav	gold	H2091 →
טָה֑וֹר	ta.Hor	pure	H2889 →
אַמָּתַ֤יִם	'a.ma.Ta.yim	[will be] two cubits	H520 →
וָחֵ֙צִי֙	va.Che.tzi	and a half	H2677 →
אָרְכָּ֔הּ	'a.re.Kah	length its	H753 →
וְאַמָּ֥ה	ve.'a.Mah	and [will be] a cubit	H520 →
וָחֵ֖צִי	va.Che.tzi	and a half	H2677 →
רָחְבָּֽהּ׃	ra.che.Bah	breadth its	H7341 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 3:25
God 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.
leads to
- Romans 3:23–24
  for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
- 1 Peter 1:18–20
  For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- 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.
- 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.
- Romans 5:9
  Therefore, since we have now been justified by His blood, how much more shall we be saved from wrath through Him!
Through
Hebrews 9:5
Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
leads to
- 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.…
- 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…
- Exodus 25:17–22
  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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