Exodus 25:17 - Printer Friendly

ESV: “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.

NIV: Make an atonement cover of pure gold--two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

NASB: And you shall make an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

CSB: Make a mercy seat of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.

NLT: Then make the Ark’s cover — the place of atonement — from pure gold. It must be 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

KJV: 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.

NKJV: “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.

The book of Exodus establishes God's covenant relationship with the full-fledged nation of Israel. The descendants of Abraham prosper after settling in Egypt, only to be enslaved by a fearful, hateful Egyptian Pharaoh. God appoints Moses to lead the people out of this bondage. Moses serves as God's spokesman, as the Lord brings plagues and judgments on Egypt, leading to the release of Israel.

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