Exodus 37:6

The Mercy Seat

5He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry it. 6He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.7He made two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,

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Berean Standard Bible
He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
American Standard Version (1901)
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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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.
Free Bible Version
He made the atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long by a cubit and a half wide.
Geneva Bible 1599
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.
King James (Authorized) 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.
One Unity Resource Bible
He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits [45 in; 114.3 cm], and a cubit and a half [27 in; 68.58 cm] its width.
Translation for Translators
He made a lid for the chest. That was the place where Yahweh would forgive people’s sins. It also was ◄45 in./110 cm.► long and ◄27 in./66 cm.► wide.
Unlocked Literal Bible
He made an atonement lid of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and its width was one and a half cubits.
Noah Webster Bible
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 width.
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;