Exodus 25:17 
Context| NET © | “You are to make an atonement lid 1 of pure gold; 2 its length is to be three feet nine inches, and its width is to be two feet three inches. |
| NIV © | "Make an atonement cover of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. |
| NASB © | "You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide. |
| NLT © | "Then make the Ark’s cover––the place of atonement––out of pure gold. It must be 3 3/4 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide. |
| MSG © | "Now make a lid of pure gold for the Chest, an Atonement-Cover, three and three-quarters feet long and two and one-quarter feet wide. |
| 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. |
| NRSV © | Then you shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width. |
| NKJV © | "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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| NET © | “You are to make an atonement lid 1 of pure gold; 2 its length is to be three feet nine inches, and its width is to be two feet three inches. |
| NET © Notes |
1 tn The noun is כַּפֹּרֶת (kapporet), translated “atonement lid” or “atonement plate.” The traditional translation “mercy-seat” (so KJV, ASV, NASB, NRSV) came from Tyndale in 1530 and was also used by Luther in 1523. The noun is formed from the word “to make atonement.” The item that the Israelites should make would be more than just a lid for the ark. It would be the place where atonement was signified. The translation of “covering” is probably incorrect, for it derives from a rare use of the verb, if the same verb at all (the evidence shows “cover” is from another root with the same letters as this). The value of this place was that Yahweh sat enthroned above it, and so the ark essentially was the “footstool.” Blood was applied to the lid of the box, for that was the place of atonement (see S. R. Driver, Exodus, 269-270). 2 tn After verbs of making or producing, the accusative (like “gold” here) may be used to express the material from which something is made (see GKC 371 §117.hh). |
