Exodus 25:10
And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
KJV
arcam de lignis setim compingite, cujus longitudo habeat duos et semis cubitos : latitudo, cubitum et dimidium : altitudo, cubitum similiter ac semissem.
Vulgate
καὶ καταχρυσώσεις αὐτὴν χρυσίῳ καθαρῷ, ἔξωθεν καὶ ἔσωθεν χρυσώσεις αὐτήν· καὶ ποιήσεις αὐτῇ κυμάτια στρεπτὰ χρυσᾶ κύκλῳ.
LXX
And they shall make an ark of acacia wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
ASV
וְ/עָשׂ֥וּ אֲר֖וֹן עֲצֵ֣י שִׁטִּ֑ים אַמָּתַ֨יִם וָ/חֵ֜צִי אָרְכּ֗/וֹ וְ/אַמָּ֤ה וָ/חֵ֨צִי֙ רָחְבּ֔/וֹ וְ/אַמָּ֥ה וָ/חֵ֖צִי קֹמָתֽ/וֹ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
9 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Typology
Historic Christian voices
8 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2130Nevertheless, already in the Old Testament, God ordained or permitted the making of images that pointed symbolically toward salvation by the incarnate Word: so it was with the bronze serpent, the ark of the covenant, and the cherubim.69
Folly of the arguments derived by the heretics from numbers, letters, and syllables. 1. This very thing, too, still further demonstrates their opinion false, and their fictitious system untenable, that they endeavour to bring forward proofs of it, sometimes through means of numbers and the syllables of names, sometimes also through the letter of syllables, and yet again through…
Covers the journey from the Red Sea to Mount Sinai, the giving of the Law, the construction of the Tabernacle, the priestly garments, and the institution of sacrifices. Josephus provides detailed descriptions of the Tabernacle and priestly vestments that supplement the biblical account.
Cross-references
- Deut 10:1 — At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.
- Deut 10:1 — At that time the LORD said unto me, Hew thee two tables of stone like unto the first, and come up unto me into the mount, and make thee an ark of wood.
- Deut 10:3 — And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.
- Exod 35:12 — The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,
- Exod 37:1 — And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:
- Exod 37:1 — And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:
- Heb 9:4 — Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;