Exodus 37:6

6 He made the atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

Exodus 37:6 in Other Translations

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.

6 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.

6 Then he made the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It was 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

6 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.

6 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.

6 He made the throne of mercy out of pure gold 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

6 He made a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

6 He made its cover out of pure gold. It was three feet nine inches long and two feet three inches wide. The cover is the place where sin is paid for.

Exodus 37:6 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 37:6

(See Gill on Exodus 37:1).

Exodus 37:6 In-Context

4 Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

5 And he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.

6 He made the atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

7 Then he made two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.

8 He made one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; at the two ends he made them of one piece with the cover.

Cross References

• 1. S Exodus 26:34; S Exodus 31:7; Hebrews 9:5