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Exodus 25

Ex. 25:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And thou shalt make
`asah (Hebrew #6213)
to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application (as follows)
KJV usage: accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, X certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, + displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, + feast, (fight-)ing man, + finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, + hinder, hold ((a feast)), X indeed, + be industrious, + journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, + officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, X sacrifice, serve, set, shew, X sin, spend, X surely, take, X thoroughly, trim, X very, + vex, be (warr-)ior, work(-man), yield, use.
Pronounce: aw-saw'
Origin: a primitive root
ab mercy seat
kapporeth (Hebrew #3727)
a lid (used only of the cover of the sacred Ark)
KJV usage: mercy seat.
Pronounce: kap-po'-reth
Origin: from 3722
of pure
tahowr (Hebrew #2889)
from 2891; pure (in a physical, chemical, ceremonial or moral sense)
KJV usage: clean, fair, pure(-ness).
Pronounce: taw-hore'
Origin: or tahor {taw-hore'}
gold
zahab (Hebrew #2091)
gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e. yellow), as oil, a clear sky
KJV usage: gold(-en), fair weather.
Pronounce: zaw-hawb'
Origin: from an unused root meaning to shimmer
: two cubits
'ammah (Hebrew #520)
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
KJV usage: cubit, + hundred (by exchange for 3967), measure, post.
Pronounce: am-maw'
Origin: prolonged from 517
and a half
chetsiy (Hebrew #2677)
the half or middle
KJV usage: half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.
Pronounce: khay-tsee'
Origin: from 2673
shall be the length
'orek (Hebrew #753)
length
KJV usage: + forever, length, long.
Pronounce: o'rek'
Origin: from 748
thereof, and a cubit
'ammah (Hebrew #520)
properly, a mother (i.e. unit of measure, or the fore-arm (below the elbow), i.e. a cubit; also a door-base (as a bond of the entrance)
KJV usage: cubit, + hundred (by exchange for 3967), measure, post.
Pronounce: am-maw'
Origin: prolonged from 517
and a half
chetsiy (Hebrew #2677)
the half or middle
KJV usage: half, middle, mid(-night), midst, part, two parts.
Pronounce: khay-tsee'
Origin: from 2673
the breadth
rochab (Hebrew #7341)
width (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: breadth, broad, largeness, thickness, wideness.
Pronounce: ro'-khab
Origin: from 7337
thereof.
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Ex. 37:6• 6--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. (Ex. 37:6)
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Ex. 40:20• 20And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and put the staves in the ark, and put the mercy-seat above on the ark. (Ex. 40:20)
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Lev. 16:13• 13And he shall put the incense upon the fire before Jehovah, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat which is upon the testimony, that he die not. (Lev. 16:13)
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Rom. 3:25• 25whom God has set forth a mercy-seat, through faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of his righteousness, in respect of the passing by the sins that had taken place before, through the forbearance of God; (Rom. 3:25)
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Heb. 9:5• 5and above over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy-seat; concerning which it is not now the time to speak in detail. (Heb. 9:5)

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Cubit,
Gold,
Mercy Seat

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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mercy seat.
Ex. 26:34• 34And thou shalt put the mercy-seat on the ark of the testimony in the holiest of all. (Ex. 26:34)
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Ex. 37:6• 6--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. (Ex. 37:6)
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Ex. 40:20• 20And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and put the staves in the ark, and put the mercy-seat above on the ark. (Ex. 40:20)
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Lev. 16:12‑15• 12And he shall take the censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before Jehovah, and both his hands full of fragrant incense beaten small, and bring it inside the veil.
 13And he shall put the incense upon the fire before Jehovah, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy-seat which is upon the testimony, that he die not.
 14And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle with his finger upon the front of the mercy-seat eastward; and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood seven times with his finger.
 15And he shall slaughter the goat of the sin-offering, which is for the people, and bring its blood inside the veil, and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy-seat, and before the mercy-seat; (Lev. 16:12‑15)
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1 Chron. 28:11• 11And David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of its houses, and of its treasuries, and of its upper chambers, and of its inner chambers, and of the house of the mercy-seat; (1 Chron. 28:11)
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Rom. 3:25• 25whom God has set forth a mercy-seat, through faith in his blood, for the shewing forth of his righteousness, in respect of the passing by the sins that had taken place before, through the forbearance of God; (Rom. 3:25)
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Heb. 4:16• 16Let us approach therefore with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy, and find grace for seasonable help. (Heb. 4:16)
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Heb. 9:5• 5and above over it the cherubim of glory shadowing the mercy-seat; concerning which it is not now the time to speak in detail. (Heb. 9:5)
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1 John 2:2• 2and *he* is the propitiation for our sins; but not for ours alone, but also for the whole world. (1 John 2:2)
• Over it was the mercy-seat, which covered it in, which formed the throne, or rather the basis of the throne, as the cherubim (formed of the same piece), which were its supporters, did its sides. In itself it seems to me a marvelous connection of the human and divine righteousness in the Lord Jesus. (“Exodus 24-25” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And thou shalt make a mercy-seati of pure gold: two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

JND Translation Notes

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The lid or cover of the chest. The word is derived from the Hebrew word "to cover."