New American Standard Bible 2020

Exodus 25:16-22

16You shall 1putH5414 into the arkH727 the testimonyH5715 whichH834 I shall giveH5414 you.

17“And you shall 2makeH6213 3an atoningH3727 coverH3727 of pureH2889 goldH2091, 4two and a halfH2677 cubitsH520 5longH753 and one and a halfH2677 cubitsH520 6wideH7341. 18You shall makeH6213 twoH8147 cherubimH3742 of goldH2091; makeH6213 them of hammeredH4749 workH4749 7at the twoH8147 endsH7098 of the atoningH3727 coverH3727. 19MakeH6213 oneH259 cherubH3742 8at oneH2088 endH7098 and oneH259 cherubH3742 9at the otherH259 endH7098; you shall makeH6213 the cherubimH3742 of one piece 10with the atoningH3727 coverH3727 at its twoH8147 endsH7098. 20And 11the cherubimH3742 shall haveH1961 their wingsH3671 spreadH6566 upwardH4605, coveringH5526 the atoningH3727 coverH3727 with their wingsH3671 and 12facingH6440 H413 oneH376 anotherH251; the facesH6440 of the cherubimH3742 are to be turned towardH413 the atoningH3727 coverH3727. 21Then 13you shall putH5414 the atoningH3727 coverH3727 14on topH4605 of the arkH727, and 15in the arkH727 you shall putH5414 the testimonyH5715 whichH834 I will giveH5414 to you. 22 16ThereH8033 I will meetH3259 with you; and from aboveH5921 the atoningH3727 coverH3727, from 17betweenH996 the twoH8147 cherubimH3742 whichH834 are upon the arkH727 of the testimonyH5715, I will speakH1696 to you about 18everyH3605 commandmentH6680 that I will giveH6680 you for the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478.

Notes

1. Exodus 25:16 Ex 40:20; Deut 10:2; 31:26; 1 Kin 8:9; Heb 9:4 ↩
2. Exodus 25:17 Ex 37:6 ↩
3. Exodus 25:17 Also called a mercy seat, and so throughout the ch; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement ↩
4. Exodus 25:17 About 3.7 ft. long and 2.2 ft. wide or 1.1 m and 68 cm ↩
5. Exodus 25:17 Lit its length ↩
6. Exodus 25:17 Lit its width ↩
7. Exodus 25:18 Lit from ↩
8. Exodus 25:19 Lit from ↩
9. Exodus 25:19 Lit from ↩
10. Exodus 25:19 Lit from ↩
11. Exodus 25:20 1 Kin 8:7; 1 Chr 28:18; Heb 9:5 ↩
12. Exodus 25:20 Lit their faces to ↩
13. Exodus 25:21 Ex 26:34; 40:20 ↩
14. Exodus 25:21 Lit above, upon ↩
15. Exodus 25:21 Ex 25:16 ↩
16. Exodus 25:22 Ex 29:42, 43; 30:6, 36; Lev 16:2; Num 17:4 ↩
17. Exodus 25:22 Num 7:89; 1 Sam 4:4; 2 Sam 6:2; 2 Kin 19:15; Ps 80:1; Is 37:16 ↩
18. Exodus 25:22 Lit all that I will command ↩