¹⁷ “Make an atonement cover^(A) of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

⁵ Above the ark were the cherubim of the Glory,^(A) overshadowing the atonement cover.^(B) But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

⁶ He made the atonement cover^(A) of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

¹⁶ Let us then approach^(A) God’s throne of grace with confidence,^(B) so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.

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)—

¹¹ Then David gave his son Solomon the plans^(A) for the portico of the temple, its buildings, its storerooms, its upper parts, its inner rooms and the place of atonement.

¹² He is to take a censer full of burning coals^(A) from the altar before the Lord and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense^(B) and take them behind the curtain. ¹³ He is to put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the smoke of the incense will conceal the atonement cover^(C) above the tablets of the covenant law, so that he will not die.^{(D) 14} He is to take some of the bull’s blood^(E) and with his finger sprinkle it on the front of the atonement cover; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the atonement cover.^(F)

¹⁵ “He shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people^(G) and take its blood behind the curtain^(H) and do with it as he did with the bull’s blood: He shall sprinkle^(I) it on the atonement cover and in front of it.

²⁰ He took the tablets of the covenant law^(A) and placed them in the ark,^(B) attached the poles to the ark and put the atonement cover^(C) over it.

² He is the atoning sacrifice for our sins,^(A) and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.^(B)