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Exodus 37:6

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Exodus 37:6 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “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.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

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.
Exodus 37:6 — American Standard Version

Context — Exodus 37

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
3And he cast for it four rings of gold, in the four feet thereof; even two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
4And he made staves of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.
5And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.
6And 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.
7And he made two cherubim of gold; of beaten work made he them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;
8one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end: of one piece with the mercy-seat made he the cherubim at the two ends thereof.
9And the cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy-seat with their wings, with their faces one to another; toward the mercy-seat were the faces of the cherubim.
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What do historical commentaries say?

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“made the mercy seat of pure gold--To construct a figure, whether the body of a beast or a man, with two extended wings, measuring from two to three feet from tip to tip, with the hammer, out of a solid piece of gold, was what few, if any, artisans of the present day could accomplish.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Exo 25:17-22; Lev 16:12-15; Ch1 28:11; Rom 3:25; Gal 4:4; Tit 2:14; Heb 9:5; Jo1 2:2 Exodus 37:7”
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