“ Then make the Ark’s cover— the place of atonement— from pure gold. It must be 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

要用精金做施恩座，长二肘半，宽一肘半。

要用纯金做一个柜盖，长二肘半，宽一肘半。

要用纯金做一个柜盖，长二肘半，宽一肘半。

要用纯金造一个施恩座，长一点一米，宽六十六厘米。

你要用纯金做施恩座，长一百一十公分，宽六十六公分。

要用精金做施恩座，長二肘半，寬一肘半。

要用純金做一個櫃蓋，長二肘半，寬一肘半。

要用純金做一個櫃蓋，長二肘半，寬一肘半。

要用純金造一個施恩座，長一點一米，寬六十六釐米。

你要用純金做施恩座，長一百一十公分，寬六十六公分。

要用淨金作除罪蓋，長二肘，寬一肘半。

以精金作施恩座、長二肘有半、廣一肘有半、

以兼金作施恩之所、長二尺有半、廣一尺有半。

以精金作贖罪蓋、贖罪蓋或作施恩所下同長二尺半、廣一尺半、

“ Make an atonement cover of pure gold— two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

“ Make its cover out of pure gold. The cover is the place where sin will be paid for. Make it three feet nine inches long and two feet three inches wide.

“ 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 breadth.

Make a mercy seat of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.

“ And you shall make an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

“ 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.

And thou shalt make a mercy- seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Make a mercy seat of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

And thou shalt make a mercy seat[ of] pure gold: two cubits and a half[ shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

“ You are to make an atonement lid of pure gold; its length is to be three feet nine inches, and its width is to be two feet three inches.

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.

Then he made the Ark’s cover— the place of atonement— from pure gold. It was 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

Above the Ark were the cherubim of divine glory, whose wings stretched out over the Ark’s cover, the place of atonement. But we cannot explain these things in detail now.

So let us come boldly to the throne of our gracious God. There we will receive his mercy, and we will find grace to help us when we need it most.

he will fill an incense burner with burning coals from the altar that stands before the Lord. Then he will take two handfuls of fragrant powdered incense and will carry the burner and the incense behind the inner curtain.There in the Lord’s presence he will put the incense on the burning coals so that a cloud of incense will rise over the Ark’s cover— the place of atonement— that rests on the Ark of the Covenant. If he follows these instructions, he will not die.Then he must take some of the blood of the bull, dip his finger in it, and sprinkle it on the east side of the atonement cover. He must sprinkle blood seven times with his finger in front of the atonement cover.“ Then Aaron must slaughter the first goat as a sin offering for the people and carry its blood behind the inner curtain. There he will sprinkle the goat’s blood over the atonement cover and in front of it, just as he did with the bull’s blood.

For God presented Jesus as the sacrifice for sin. People are made right with God when they believe that Jesus sacrificed his life, shedding his blood. This sacrifice shows that God was being fair when he held back and did not punish those who sinned in times past,

He took the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant and placed them inside the Ark. Then he attached the carrying poles to the Ark, and he set the Ark’s cover— the place of atonement— on top of it.

He himself is the sacrifice that atones for our sins— and not only our sins but the sins of all the world.

“ Then put the Ark’s cover— the place of atonement— on top of the Ark of the Covenant inside the Most Holy Place.

Then David gave Solomon the plans for the Temple and its surroundings, including the entry room, the storerooms, the upstairs rooms, the inner rooms, and the inner sanctuary— which was the place of atonement.