King James Version
Exodus 25:17 in the King James Version says “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...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Exodus 25:17 · KJV
The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
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.
And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. of: or, of the matter of the mercy seat
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And thou shalt make”
H6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application
“gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
“thereof and a cubit”
H520properly, 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)
“thereof and a cubit”
H520properly, 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)
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