You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I will give you.
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You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I will give you.
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And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
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And thou shalt put the ark-cover above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
Cross-references (3)
Passages linked to Exodus 25:21 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Exodus 26:34 You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the covenant in the most holy place.
- Romans 10:4 For Christ is the fulfillment of the law for righteousness to everyone who believes.
- Exodus 25:16-17 You shall put the covenant which I shall give you into the ark. 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.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Exo 25:21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat…
Exo 25:21 And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
Ver. 21. Above upon the ark.] The ark covering the law within it, the mercy seat upon it, and over them two cherubims covering one another, did typify Christ covering the curses of the law, in whom is the ground of all mercy; "which things the angels desire to pry into," {1Pe 1:12} as into the pattern of God’s deep wisdoms. {Eph 3:10}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Or, after thou shalt have put in the ark;…
Or, after thou shalt have put in the ark; for the ark was not to be opened after the covering was put upon it. The Hebrew particle vau oft signifies after that, as Jer 43:13; 51:60.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood,....…
Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood,.... As the sanctuary or tabernacle was an house for God to dwell in, he would have the proper furniture of an house, as a table, candlestick, &c. This table was to be in the same place with the ark and mercy seat; they were set in the holy of holies, where there were nothing else; but this in the holy place, on the north side of it, Exo 26:35 its principal use was to set the shewbread on, as after mentioned, and was typical of Christ, and communion with him, both in this life, and that to come. There is the table of the Lord, to which his people are now admitted, where he sits down with them, and they with him, to have fellowship with him in the ministration of the word and ordinances, of which he is the sum and substance; and this is very desirable and delightful, and an instance of his condescending grace, Sol 1:12, and he will have a table in his kingdom hereafter, where his saints shall eat and drink with him, in which their chief happiness will consist, Luk 22:30 This table may be considered as typical of Christ himself, for he is both table and provisions and everything to his people; and of him in both his natures; in his human nature, it being made of shittim wood, incorruptible; for though Christ died in, that nature, yet he saw no corruption, he rose again and lives for evermore; in his divine nature, by the gold it was covered with:
two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof; it was two Jewish square cubits in length, which are about six English square feet and above half, viz. ninety four inches, according to Bishop Cumberland (t). It was neither so long nor so broad as the ark by half a cubit, but was of the same height with it, being about thirty two inches high and three quarters, according to the Jewish and Egyptian cubit, which was about twenty one inches and more and was a proper height for a table; and this measure, no doubt, takes in the thickness of the table, and the height of the seat, as Jarchi and Aben Ezra observe.
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(t) Ut supra. (Of Scripture Weights and Measures, ch. 2. p. 34, 36.)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 21. Cf. Exo_40:20.
21. Cf. Exo_40:20.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Thou shalt put the mercy seat above the ark.…
Thou shalt put the mercy seat above the ark. Rather, "upon the ark shalt cover the ark with it." This had not been expressed previously, though the dimensions (ver. 17), compared with those of the ark (ver. 10), would naturally have suggested the idea. In the ark thou shalt put the testimony. This is a mere repetition of verse 16, marking the special importance which attached to the provision.
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