He made its cover out of pure gold. It was three feet nine inches long and two feet three inches wide. The cover is the place where sin is paid for.

用精金做施恩座，长二肘半，宽一肘半。

他用纯金做了一个柜盖，长二肘半，宽一肘半，

他用纯金做了一个柜盖，长二肘半，宽一肘半，

他用纯金造施恩座，长一点一米，宽六十六厘米。

又用纯金做施恩座，长一百一十公分，宽六十六公分。

用精金做施恩座，長二肘半，寬一肘半。

他用純金做了一個櫃蓋，長二肘半，寬一肘半，

他用純金做了一個櫃蓋，長二肘半，寬一肘半，

他用純金造施恩座，長一點一米，寬六十六釐米。

又用純金做施恩座，長一百一十公分，寬六十六公分。

他用淨金作除罪蓋，長二肘半，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、長二尺半、廣一尺半、

He made the atonement cover of pure gold— two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

And he made a mercy seat of pure gold. Two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.

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

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

He also made an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

He also made the mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits was its length and a cubit and a half its width.

And he made a mercy- seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

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

And he made the mercy seat[ of] pure gold: two cubits and a half[ was] the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

He made an atonement lid of pure gold; its length was three feet nine inches, and its width was two feet three inches.

He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its width.

The cherubim were above the ark. God showed his glory there. The cherubim spread their wings over the place where sin was paid for. But we can’t say everything about these things now.

He gave his life to pay for our sins. But he not only paid for our sins. He also paid for the sins of the whole world.

He gave himself for us. By doing that, he set us free from all evil. He wanted to make us pure. He wanted us to be his very own people. He wanted us to desire to do what is good.

But then the chosen time came. God sent his Son. A woman gave birth to him. He was born under the authority of the law.

He must take a shallow cup full of burning coals from the altar in my sight. He must get two handfuls of incense completely ground up. The incense must smell sweet. He must take the cup and the incense behind the curtain.He must put the incense on the fire in my sight. The smoke from the incense will hide the cover of the ark where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. The cover is the place where sin is paid for. Aaron must burn the incense so that he will not die.He must dip his finger in the bull’s blood. He must sprinkle it on the front of the cover of the ark. He must sprinkle some in front of the cover. He must do it seven times.“ Then Aaron must kill the goat for the sin offering for the people. He must take its blood behind the curtain. There he must do the same thing with it as he did with the bull’s blood. He must sprinkle it on the cover of the ark. He must also sprinkle some in front of it.

Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the porch of the temple. He gave him the plans for its buildings and its storerooms. He gave him the plans for its upper parts and its inside rooms. He gave him the plans for the place where sin is paid for and forgiven.

God gave Christ as a sacrifice to pay for sins through the spilling of his blood. So God forgives the sins of those who have faith. God did all this to prove that he does what is right. He is a God of mercy. So he did not punish for their sins the people who lived before Jesus lived.

“ 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.Make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.Put one of the cherubim on each end of it. Make the cherubim part of the cover itself.They must have their wings spread up over the cover. The cherubim must face each other and look toward the cover.Place the cover on top of the ark. I will give you the tablets of the covenant law. Put them in the ark.The ark is where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. I will meet with you above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark. There I will give you all my commands for the Israelites.