Exodus 25:17
Strong's Lexicon
And you are to make
וְעָשִׂ֥יתָ (wə·‘ā·śî·ṯā)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6213: 1) to do, fashion, accomplish, make 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to do, work, make, produce 1a1a) to do 1a1b) to work 1a1c) to deal (with) 1a1d) to act, act with effect, effect 1a2) to make 1a2a) to make 1a2b) to produce 1a2c) to prepare 1a2d) to make (an offering) 1a2e) to attend to, put in order 1a2f) to observe, celebrate 1a2g) to acquire (property) 1a2h) to appoint, ordain, institute 1a2i) to bring about 1a2j) to use 1a2k) to spend, pass 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be done 1b2) to be made 1b3) to be produced 1b4) to be offered 1b5) to be observed 1b6) to be used 1c) (Pual) to be made 2) (Piel) to press, squeeze

a mercy seat
כַפֹּ֖רֶת (ḵap·pō·reṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3727: 1) mercy-seat, place of atonement 1a) the golden plate of propitiation on which the High Priest sprinkled the seat 7 times on the Day of Atonement symbolically reconciling Jehovah and His chosen people 1a1) the slab of gold on top of the ark of the covenant which measured 2.5 by 1.5 cubits; on it and part of it were the two golden cherubim facing each other whose outstretched wings came together above and constituted the throne of God

of pure
טָה֑וֹר (ṭā·hō·wr)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2889: 1) pure, clean 1a) clean (ceremonially-of animals) 1b) pure (physically) 1c) pure, clean (morally, ethically)

gold,
זָהָ֣ב (zā·hāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2091: 1) gold 1a) as precious metal 1b) as a measure of weight 1c) of brilliance, splendour (fig.)

two
אַמָּתַ֤יִם (’am·mā·ṯa·yim)
Noun - fd
Strong's Hebrew 520: 1) cubit-a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 18 in (. 5m). There are several cubits used in the OT, the cubit of a man or common cubit (De 3:11), the legal cubit or cubit of the sanctuary (Eze 40:5) plus others. See a Bible Dictionary for a complete treatment.

and a half cubits
וָחֵ֙צִי֙ (wā·ḥê·ṣî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2677: 1) half 1a) half 1b) middle

long
אָרְכָּ֔הּ (’ā·rə·kāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 753: 1) length 1a) physical length 1b) of time 2) forbearance, self-restraint (of patience)

and a cubit
וְאַמָּ֥ה (wə·’am·māh)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 520: 1) cubit-a measure of distance (the forearm), roughly 18 in (. 5m). There are several cubits used in the OT, the cubit of a man or common cubit (De 3:11), the legal cubit or cubit of the sanctuary (Eze 40:5) plus others. See a Bible Dictionary for a complete treatment.

and a half
וָחֵ֖צִי (wā·ḥê·ṣî)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2677: 1) half 1a) half 1b) middle

wide.
רָחְבָּֽהּ׃ (rā·ḥə·bāh)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7341: 1) breadth, width, expanse

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

Young's Literal Translation
‘And thou hast made a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Make a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

New American Standard Bible
"You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

King James Bible
And thou shalt make a mercy seat [of] pure gold: two cubits and a half [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
"Make an atonement cover of pure gold--two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

New Living Translation
"Then make the Ark's cover--the place of atonement--from pure gold. It must be 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

English Standard Version
“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

New American Standard Bible
"You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

King James Bible
And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Make a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

International Standard Version
"You are to make a Mercy Seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

NET Bible
"You are to make an atonement lid of pure gold; its length is to be three feet nine inches, and its width is to be two feet three inches.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half'shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Young's Literal Translation
'And thou hast made a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;
















Cross References
Hebrews 9:5
And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

Exodus 25:18
And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

Exodus 37:6
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.

1 Chronicles 28:11
Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,

Ezekiel 28:14
Thou art the anointed cherub that covereth; and I have set thee so: thou wast upon the holy mountain of God; thou hast walked up and down in the midst of the stones of fire.

Exodus 1:1
Now these are the names of the children of Israel, which came into Egypt; every man and his household came with Jacob.

Exodus 25:16
And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

Exodus 25:15
The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

Exodus 25:14
And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

Exodus 25:19
And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

Exodus 25:20
And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.
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