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Exodus 37:6

What does Exodus 37:6 mean?

A plain-English look at Exodus 37:6 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And he made the cover all of gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

And he maketh 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) · 1752

He made also the propitiatory, that is, the oracle, of the purest gold, two cubits and a half in length, and a cubit and a half in breadth.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

— And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Context

v.5And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.

v.6This passage

v.7And he made two cherubim of gold; of beaten work made he them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Galatians 4:4

    but when the fulness of the time came, God sent forth his Son, born of a woman, born under the law,

  • 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.

  • Titus 2:14

    who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works.

  • 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;

  • Hebrews 9:5

    and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy-seat; of which things we cannot now speak severally.

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