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New Century Version

Exodus 37:6

Then he made a lid of pure gold that was forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Gold;   Mercy-Seat;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Exodus;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Mercy Seat;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Ark of the Covenant;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Leviticus;   Tabernacle;   Text, Versions, and Languages of Ot;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Crown;   Mercy Seat;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Handicraft;   Mercy-seat;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mercy-Seat;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
King James Version
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.
Lexham English Bible
And he made an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width.
New English Translation
He made an atonement lid of pure gold; its length was three feet nine inches, and its width was two feet three inches.
Amplified Bible
Bezalel made the mercy seat of pure gold; it was two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide.
New American Standard Bible
He also made an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And he made the Merciseate of pure golde: two cubites and an halfe was the length thereof, and one cubite and an halfe the breadth thereof.
Legacy Standard Bible
He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.
Contemporary English Version
The entire lid of the chest, which was also covered with pure gold, was the place of mercy.
Complete Jewish Bible
He made a cover for the ark of pure gold, three-and-three-quarters feet long and two-and-a-quarter feet wide.
Darby Translation
—And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then he made the mercy-cover from pure gold. It was 2 1/2 cubits long and 1 1/2 cubits wide.
English Standard Version
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.
George Lamsa Translation
And he made the mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half was its length and one cubit and a half its breadth.
Good News Translation
He made a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
Christian Standard Bible®
He made a mercy seat of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.
Literal Translation
And he made a mercyseat of pure gold; two cubits and a half long, and a cubit and a half wide.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And he made ye Mercyseate of pure golde two cubytes and a half longe, and a cubite and a half brode,
American Standard Version
And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
Bible in Basic English
And he made the cover all of gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And he made the mercy seate of pure golde: two cubites and a halfe was the length thereof, and one cubite and a halfe the breadth.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And he made an ark-cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
King James Version (1611)
And he made the Mercie seat of pure gold: two cubites and an halfe was the length thereof, and one cubite and an halfe the breadth thereof.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and their posts five, and the rings; and they gilded their chapiters and their clasps with gold, and they had five sockets of brass.
English Revised Version
And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
Berean Standard Bible
He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
He made also a propiciatorie, that is, Goddis answeryng place, of pureste gold, of twei cubitis and an half in lengthe, and of o cubit and an half in breede.
Young's Literal Translation
And he maketh a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;
Update Bible Version
And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half [was] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the width thereof.
Webster's Bible Translation
And he made the mercy-seat [of] pure gold: two cubits and a half [was] the length of it, and one cubit and a half the breadth of it.
World English Bible
He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
New King James Version
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.
New Living Translation
Then he made the Ark's cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It was 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
New Life Bible
He made a mercy-seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long, and one and a half cubits wide.
New Revised Standard
He made a mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its width.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And he made a propitiatory of pure gold, - two cubits and a half, the length thereof, and, a cubit and a half, the breadth thereof:
Douay-Rheims Bible
He made also the propitiatory, that is, the oracle, of the purest gold, two cubits and a half in length, and a cubit and a half in breadth.
Revised Standard Version
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.
THE MESSAGE
Next he made a lid of pure gold for the Chest, an Atonement-Cover, three and three-quarters feet long and two and a quarter feet wide.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

Contextual Overview

1 Bezalel made the Ark of acacia wood; it was forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. 2 He covered it, both inside and out, with pure gold, and he put a gold strip around it. 3 He made four gold rings for it and attached them to its four feet, with two rings on each side. 4 Then he made poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold. 5 He put the poles through the rings on each side of the Ark to carry it. 6 Then he made a lid of pure gold that was forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide. 7 Then Bezalel hammered gold to make two creatures with wings and attached them to each end of the lid. 8 He made one creature on one end of the lid and the other creature on the other end. He attached them to the lid so that it would be one piece. 9 The creatures' wings were spread upward, covering the lid, and the creatures faced each other across the lid.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Exodus 25:17-22, Leviticus 16:12-15, 1 Chronicles 28:11, Romans 3:25, Galatians 4:4, Titus 2:14, Hebrews 9:5, 1 John 2:2

Reciprocal: Exodus 40:20 - mercy 2 Chronicles 5:7 - to the oracle

Cross-References

Genesis 44:18
Then Judah went to Joseph and said, "Master, please let me speak plainly to you, and please don't be angry with me. I know that you are as powerful as the king of Egypt himself.
Judges 9:7
When Jotham heard this, he went and stood on the top of Mount Gerizim. He shouted to the people: "Listen to me, you leaders of Shechem, so that God will listen to you!

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Exodus 37:6. He made the mercy-seat — See this described Exodus 25:17. Exodus 25:17; Exodus 25:17.


 
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