He made a mercy seat of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.[a]

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  1. 37:6 Lit two and a half cubits its length and one and a half cubits its width

He made the atonement cover(A) of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

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25 God presented him as the mercy seat[a](A) by his blood,(B) through faith, to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his restraint God(C) passed over the sins previously committed.(D)

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  1. 3:25 Or propitiation, or place of atonement

25 God presented Christ as a sacrifice of atonement,[a](A) through the shedding of his blood(B)—to be received by faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished(C)

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  1. Romans 3:25 The Greek for sacrifice of atonement refers to the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant (see Lev. 16:15,16).

The cherubim of glory were above the ark overshadowing the mercy seat. It is not possible to speak about these things in detail right now.(A)

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Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory,(A) overshadowing the atonement cover.(B) But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

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