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Parallel EXO 25:17

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BI Exo 25:17 ©

OET (OET-RV) You must make a lid the same length and width as the chest. It must be made of pure gold and will be known as ‘the atonement platform’.

OET-LVAnd_make an_atonement_cover of_gold pure [will_be]_two_cubits and_half long_its and_cubit and_half wide_its.

UHBוְ⁠עָשִׂ֥יתָ כַפֹּ֖רֶת זָהָ֣ב טָה֑וֹר אַמָּתַ֤יִם וָ⁠חֵ֨צִי֙ אָרְכָּ֔⁠הּ וְ⁠אַמָּ֥ה וָ⁠חֵ֖צִי רָחְבָּֽ⁠הּ׃ 
   (və⁠ˊāsiytā kaporet zāhāⱱ ţāhōr ʼammātayim vā⁠ḩēʦī ʼārəⱪā⁠h və⁠ʼammāh vā⁠ḩēʦī rāḩəbā⁠h.)

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ULT And you shall make an atonement lid of pure gold—its length: two cubits and a half; and its width: a cubit and a half.

UST You must make a lid for the chest from pure gold. It will be 125 centimeters long and 75 centimeters wide.


BSB § And you are to construct a mercy seat [fn] of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.[fn]


25:17 Or an atonement cover; here and throughout Exodus

25:17 The mercy seat was approximately 3.75 feet long and 2.25 feet wide (114.3 centimeters long and 68.6 centimeters wide).

OEBNo OEB EXO book available

WEB You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width.

NET “You are to make an atonement lid of pure gold; its length is to be three feet nine inches, and its width is to be two feet three inches.

LSV And you have made a propitiatory covering of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;

FBV You are to make an atonement cover[fn] of pure gold, two and a half cubits long by a cubit and a half wide.


25:17 “Atonement cover”: the word used here means to “cover over,” in the sense of dealing with sins. The traditional translation of “mercy seat” originated with Martin Luther. From a physical viewpoint it was the “lid” of the Ark.

T4TTell them to make a lid for the chest from pure gold. It will be the place where I will forgive people’s sins. It also is to be 45 in./110 cm.► long and 27 in./66 cm.► wide.

LEB “And you will make an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width.

BBE And you are to make a cover of the best gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

MOFNo MOF EXO book available

JPS And thou shalt make an ark-cover of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

ASV 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.

DRA Thou shalt make also a propitiatory of the purest gold: the length thereof shall be two cubits and a half, and the breadth a cubit and a half.

YLT 'And thou hast made a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth;

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

RV 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.

WBS And thou shalt make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

KJB 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/you 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. )

BB And thou shalt make a mercy seate of pure golde: two cubites and a halfe long, and a cubite and a halfe brode.
  (And thou/you shalt make a mercy seat of pure golde: two cubites and a halfe long, and a cubite and a halfe brode.)

GNV Also thou shalt make a Mercie seate of pure golde, two cubites and an halfe long, and a cubite and an halfe broade.
  (Also thou/you shalt make a Mercie seat of pure golde, two cubites and an halfe long, and a cubite and an halfe broade. )

CB Thou shalt make a Mercyseate also of pure golde, two cubytes and a half longe, and a cubyte & a half brode.
  (Thou shalt make a Mercyseate also of pure golde, two cubytes and a half long, and a cubyte and a half brode.)

WYC And thou schalt make a propiciatorie of clenneste gold; `that is a table hilinge the arke; the lengthe therof schal holde twei cubitis and an half, the broodnesse schal holde a cubit and half.
  (And thou/you shalt make a propiciatorie of clenneste gold; `that is a table hilinge the arke; the lengthe therof shall hold two cubitis and an half, the broodnesse shall hold a cubit and half.)

LUT Du sollst auch einen Gnadenstuhl machen von feinem Golde; dritthalb Ellen soll seine Länge sein und anderthalb Ellen seine Breite.
  (You should also a Gnadenstuhl make from feinem Golde; dritthalb Ellen should his Länge his and anderthalb Ellen his Breite.)

CLV Facies et propitiatorium de auro mundissimo: duos cubitos et dimidium tenebit longitudo ejus, et cubitum ac semissem latitudo.[fn]
  (Facies and propitiatorium about auro mundissimo: duos cubitos and dimidium tenebit longitudo his, and cubitum ac semissem latitudo.)


25.17 Propitiatorium. ID. Propitiatorium tabula erat aurea ejusdem mensuræ cujus arca; sic dicta quia ibi Deus Moysi apparens, et cum eo loquens, propitiabatur populo, et misericordiam significat, unde bene super arcam erat, quia misericordia ejus super omnia opera ejus.


25.17 Propitiatorium. ID. Propitiatorium tabula was aurea hisdem mensuræ cuyus arca; so dicta because there God Moysi apparens, and when/with eo loquens, propitiabatur populo, and misericordiam significat, whence bene super arcam was, because misericordia his super everything opera his.

BRN And thou shalt make a propitiatory, a lid of pure gold; the length of two cubits and a half, and the breadth of a cubit and a half.

BrLXX Καὶ ποιήσεις ἱλαστήριον ἐπίθεμα χρυσίου καθαροῦ, δύο πήχεων καὶ ἡμίσους τὸ μῆκος, καὶ πήχεως καὶ ἡμίσους τὸ πλάτος.
  (Kai poiaʸseis hilastaʸrion epithema ⱪrusiou katharou, duo paʸⱪeōn kai haʸmisous to maʸkos, kai paʸⱪeōs kai haʸmisous to platos. )


TSNTyndale Study Notes:

25:17 The word translated atonement means “to cover over.” The cover of the covenant box was the place of “covering over” sin (see Lev 16:14-16).


UTNuW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-bdistance

אַמָּתַ֤יִם וָ⁠חֵ֨צִי֙ & וְ⁠אַמָּ֥ה וָ⁠חֵ֖צִי

cubits and,half & and,cubit and,half

If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express this in terms of modern measurements, either in the text or a footnote. A cubit is approximately 46cm. For your reference, a more precise conversion to the metric system is: 115 centimeters … 69 centimeters … 69 centimeters

Note 2 topic: translate-fraction

וָ⁠חֵ֨צִי֙ & וָ⁠חֵ֖צִי

and,half & and,half

A half means one part out of two equal parts.

BI Exo 25:17 ©