Exodus 25:17
What does Exodus 25:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Exodus 25:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And 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
King James Version · 1611And 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.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And 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.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And you are to make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`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;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Thou shalt make also a propitiatory of the purest gold: the length thereof shall be two cubits and a half, and the breadth a cubit and a half.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And 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.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Exodus 37:6
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.
- Leviticus 16:12
And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil:
- 1 John 2:2
and he is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.
- Exodus 26:34
And thou shalt put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
- 1 Chronicles 28:11
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porchof the temple, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper rooms thereof, and of the inner chambers thereof, and of the place of the mercy-seat;
- Romans 3:25
whom God set forth to be a propitiation, through faith, in his blood, to show his righteousness because of the passing over of the sins done aforetime, in the forbearance of God;
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