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Exodus 25:15-17
New Catholic Bible
Exodus 25:15-17
New Catholic Bible
15 The poles must remain in the rings of the Ark; they are not to be taken out of them.
16 “You will place the Testimony that I will give you in the Ark.
17 “You shall make a seat[a] of atonement of pure gold. It shall be two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.
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- Exodus 25:17 Seat: Hebrew, kapporet, from the root kaphar, “to cover” but also “to make expiation, wipe away.” The rites of the great “day of expiation” were performed on this seat of the Ark (see Lev 16:11-16; Heb 9:5).
