New American Standard Bible 1995

Exodus 25:17-22

17“You shall 1make a 2mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half 3cubits 4long and one and a half cubits 5wide. 18You shall make two cherubim of gold, make them of hammered work 6at the two ends of the mercy seat. 19Make one cherub 7at one end and one cherub 8at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends. 20 9The cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings and 10facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the mercy seat. 21 11You shall put the mercy seat 12on top of the ark, and 13in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you. 22 14There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from 15between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all that I will give you in commandment for the sons of Israel.

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1. Exodus 25:17 Ex 37:6 ↩
2. Exodus 25:17 Lit propitiatory, and so through v 22 ↩
3. Exodus 25:17 I.e. One cubit equals approx 18 in. ↩
4. Exodus 25:17 Lit its length ↩
5. Exodus 25:17 Lit its width ↩
6. Exodus 25:18 Lit from ↩
7. Exodus 25:19 Lit from ↩
8. Exodus 25:19 Lit from ↩
9. Exodus 25:20 1 Kin 8:7; 1 Chr 28:18; Heb 9:5 ↩
10. Exodus 25:20 Lit their faces to ↩
11. Exodus 25:21 Ex 26:34; 40:20 ↩
12. Exodus 25:21 Lit above, upon ↩
13. Exodus 25:21 Ex 25:16 ↩
14. Exodus 25:22 Ex 29:42, 43; 30:6, 36; Lev 16:2; Num 17:4 ↩
15. Exodus 25:22 Num 7:89; 1 Sam 4:4; 2 Sam 6:2; 2 Kin 19:15; Ps 80:1; Is 37:16 ↩

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