Exo 25:17 | HCSB | STEP | Make a mercy seat of pure gold , 45 inches long and 27 inches wide .

Exodus 25:17

17 Make a ^{▼▼mercy seat: Or place of atonement; the gold lid on the ark of the covenant, first used in the tabernacle and later in the temple}mercy seat ^b of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide. ^{▼▼Lit two and a half cubits its length, one and a half cubits its width}