King James Version
Exodus 37:6 in the King James Version says “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 brea...” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 37 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Exodus 37:6 · KJV
And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.
And he put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
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.
And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat; on: or, out of, etc
One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. on the end: or, out of, etc on the other end: or, out of, etc
KJV Study — Public Domain
“gold”
H2091gold, figuratively, something gold-colored (i.e., yellow), as oil, a clear sky
“thereof and one 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 one 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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