Exodus 25:16-18
Living Bible
16 When the Ark is finished, place inside it the tablets of stone I will give you, with the Ten Commandments engraved on them.[a]
17 “And make a lid of pure gold, 3-3/4 feet long and 2-1/4 feet wide. This is the place of mercy for your sins.[b] 18 Then make two statues of Guardian Angels[c] using beaten gold, and place them at the two ends of the lid of the Ark.
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- Exodus 25:16 place inside it the tablets of stone I will give you, with the Ten Commandments engraved on them, implied; literally, “Put into the Ark the Testimony which I shall give you.”
- Exodus 25:17 the place of mercy for your sins, literally, “mercy seat,” or “place of making propitiation for your sins.”
- Exodus 25:18 Guardian Angels, literally, “cherubim.” We are not told what they looked like.
Exodus 25:16-18
New International Version
16 Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law,(A) which I will give you.
17 “Make an atonement cover(B) of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. 18 And make two cherubim(C) out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.
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