New King James Version
Exodus 37:6
6He also made the mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits was its length and a cubit and a half its width.
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 Living Translation (NLT)Then he made the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It was 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
Context of Exodus 37:6
4He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold. 5And he put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark, to bear the ark. 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. 7He made two cherubim of beaten gold; he made them of one piece at the two ends of the mercy seat: 8one cherub at one end on this side, and the other cherub at the other end on that side. He made the cherubim at the two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.
Read all of Exodus 37Exodus 37:6 word by word
וַיַּ֥עַשׂ כַּפֹּ֖רֶת זָהָ֣ב טָה֑וֹר אַמָּתַ֤יִם וָחֵ֙צִי֙ אָרְכָּ֔הּ וְאַמָּ֥ה וָחֵ֖צִי רָחְבָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 37:6
- Exodus 25:17“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits shall be its length and a cubit and a half its width.
- Leviticus 16:12Then he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from the altar before the Lord, with his hands full of sweet incense beaten fine, and bring it inside the veil.
- 1 Chronicles 28:11Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the vestibule, its houses, its treasuries, its upper chambers, its inner chambers, and the place of the mercy seat;
- Romans 3:25whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over the sins that were previously committed,
- Galatians 4:4But when the fullness of the time had come, God sent forth His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
- Hebrews 9:5and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of 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 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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