New American Standard Bible 2020
Exodus 37:6
6He also made 1an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits 2long and one and a half cubits 3wide.
Exodus 37:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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.
- New International Version (NIV)He made the atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He also made the mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits was its length and a cubit and a half its width.
Context of Exodus 37:6
4And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. 5He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry it. He also made an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. 7And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the atoning cover: 8one cherub at the one end and one cherub at the other end; he made the cherubim of one piece with the atoning cover at the two ends.
Read all of Exodus 37Exodus 37:6 word by word
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ כַּפֹּ֖רֶת זָהָ֣ב טָה֑וֹר אַמָּתַ֤יִם וָחֵ֙צִי֙ אָרְכָּ֔הּ וְאַמָּ֥ה וָחֵ֖צִי רָחְבָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Exodus 37:6
- Exodus 25:17“And you shall make an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.
- Leviticus 16:12He shall take a firepan full of coals of fire from upon the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground sweet incense, and bring it inside the veil.
- 1 Chronicles 28:11Then David gave to his son Solomon the plan of the porch of the temple, its buildings, its storehouses, its upper rooms, its inner rooms, and the room for the atoning cover;
- Romans 3:25whom God displayed publicly as a propitiation in His blood through faith. This was to demonstrate His righteousness, because in God’s merciful restraint He let the sins previously committed go unpunished;
- Galatians 4:4But when the fullness of the time came, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the Law,
- Hebrews 9:5and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the atoning cover; but about these things we cannot now speak in detail.
- 1 John 2:2and He Himself is the propitiation for our sins; and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.
Commentaries on Exodus 37:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6He made the mercy-seat - See this described Exodus 25:17; (note).Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-29It says that Bezalel made the ark of the covenant and all the furnishings, as well as the courtyard and its furnishings (37:1, 10, 17, 25; 38:1, 8, 9, 18). But this probably means he was in charge and guided the other craftsmen and seamstresses.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 6-106-10. made the mercy seat of pure gold--To construct a figure, whether the body of a beast or a man, with two extended wings, measuring from two to three feet from tip to tip, with the hammer, out of a solid piece of gold, was what few, if any, artisans of the present day could accomplish.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 37
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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