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Exodus 25:8-10
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Exodus 25:8-10
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8 Have them build a sanctuary for Me, so that I may dwell among them.(A) 9 You shall construct it in accordance with everything that I am going to show you, as the pattern of the tabernacle and the pattern of all its furniture.
Ark of the Covenant
10 “They shall make an ark of acacia wood two and a half [a]cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.
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- Exodus 25:10 Ancient measurements like the cubit were intended to be practical in that they usually were equivalent to something that was handy and readily available. The cubit was the distance from the elbow to the outstretched fingers, and the hand width (v 25)—as its name implies—was the width of the four fingers.
Exodus 25:8-10
New International Version
Exodus 25:8-10
New International Version
8 “Then have them make a sanctuary(A) for me, and I will dwell(B) among them. 9 Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern(C) I will show you.
The Ark(D)
10 “Have them make an ark[a](E) of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.[b]
Footnotes
- Exodus 25:10 That is, a chest
- Exodus 25:10 That is, about 3 3/4 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide and high or about 1.1 meters long and 68 centimeters wide and high; similarly in verse 17
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