Exodus 37:1

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“Bezalel went on to construct the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.”

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BSBPD

“Bezalel went on to construct the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“And Bezalel made the ark of acacia 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.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“And Bezaleel maketh the ark of shittim wood, two cubits and a half its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Exodus 37:1 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 25:10And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
  2. Exodus 26:33And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
  3. Exodus 31:7the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony and the mercy seat upon it, and all the other furnishings of the tent—
  4. Exodus 40:3Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.
  5. Exodus 40:20Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.
  6. Numbers 10:33So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.
  7. 1 Chronicles 2:20Hur was the father of Uri, and Uri was the father of Bezalel.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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