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He made a cover of pure gold; two cubits and a half was its length and a cubit and a half its width.(A)

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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 whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement[a] by his blood, effective through faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed;(A)

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  1. 3.25 Or a 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).

above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat.[a] Of these things we cannot speak now in detail.(A)

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  1. 9.5 Or the place of atonement

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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