אֶת אֲרֹ֥ן הָעֵדֻ֖ת וְאֶת בַּדָּ֑יו וְאֵ֖ת הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת
the ark of the testimony with its poles, the mercy seat,
World English Bible · Public Domain
Exodus 39:35
Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) Exodus 39:35 appears in the Hebrew Old Testament. The text above is from the Westminster Leningrad Codex. Each word links to its Strong’s number, a concise gloss, and parsing drawn from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible morphology. Click any word for its full Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) entry.
English Translation
the ark of the testimony with its poles, the mercy seat,
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World English Bible Public Domain
the ark of the testimony with its poles, the mercy seat,
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King James Version Public Domain
The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
the Box of the Testimony and the poles and the atonement lid;
unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult).
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Every available English version of this verse, each an independent rendering of the whole verse.
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World English Bible Public Domain
the ark of the testimony with its poles, the mercy seat,
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Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
the ark of the Testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;
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Majority Standard Bible Public Domain
the ark of the Testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;
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King James Version Public Domain
The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,
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American Standard Version (1901) Public Domain
the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy-seat;
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Revised Version (1885) Public Domain
the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy-seat;
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Geneva Bible (1599) Public Domain
The Arke of the Testimony, and the barres thereof, and the Merciseate,
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Douay-Rheims (1899) Public Domain
The table, with the vessels thereof, and the loaves of proposition:
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Young's Literal Translation Public Domain
the ark of the testimony and its staves, and the mercy-seat;
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Literal Standard Version CC BY-SA 4.0
the Ark of the Testimony and its poles, and the propitiatory covering;
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Unlocked Literal Bible CC BY-SA 4.0
the ark of the testimony, as well as the poles and the atonement lid.
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unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
the Box of the Testimony and the poles and the atonement lid;
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Darby Bible Public Domain
the ark of the testimony, and its staves, and the mercy-seat;
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World Messianic Bible Public Domain
the ark of the covenant with its poles, the mercy seat,
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Webster's Bible Public Domain
The ark of the testimony, and its staffs, and the mercy-seat,
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Free Bible Version CC BY-SA 4.0
the Ark of the Testimony with its poles and the atonement cover;
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Bible in Basic English Public Domain
The ark of the law, with its rods and its cover;
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JPS Tanakh (1917) Public Domain
the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the ark-cover;
Literal Standard Version (2020), Covenant Press — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org). Unlocked Literal Bible (unfoldingWord) — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org). unfoldingWord Literal Text — © unfoldingWord, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Word-aligned USFM3 via Door43 (git.door43.org/unfoldingWord/en_ult). Free Bible Version, Dr. Jonathan Gallagher — licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Text via the HelloAO Bible API (eBible.org).
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הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת
kappôreth
H3727
“the · mercy seat”
Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
- Appears 27× in the Hebrew Bible
- First appears at Exodus 25:17
- Part of Speech
- Particle + Noun
- Type
- Common
- Gender
- Feminine
- Number
- Singular
- State
- Absolute
Full BDB Definition
mercy-seat, place of atonement
- the golden plate of propitiation on which the High Priest sprinkled the seat 7 times on the Day of Atonement symbolically reconciling Jehovah and His chosen people
- the slab of gold on top of the ark of the covenant which measured 2.5 by 1.5 cubits; on it and part of it were the two golden cherubim facing each other whose outstretched wings came together above and constituted the throne of God
- אֶת ʼêth H853 “-” Particle, Direct Object
- אֲרֹ֥ן ʼârôwn H727 “ark of” Noun, Common, Both, Singular, Construct
- הָעֵדֻ֖ת ʻêdûwth H5715 “the · testimony” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
- וְאֶת ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
- בַּדָּ֑יו bad H905 “poles · his” Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct + Suffix, Personal, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular
- וְאֵ֖ת ʼêth H853 “and · -” Conjunction + Particle, Direct Object
- הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת kappôreth H3727 “the · mercy seat” Particle, Definite Article + Noun, Common, Feminine, Singular, Absolute
About this verse
These counts appear in no published source. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged text and Lemma’s own curated glosses. What Lemma adds →
- 7
- words
- 5
- distinct lemmas
- Pentateuch
- section
Shared distinctive vocabulary
הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת mercy seat H3727 occurs in 22 verses of the Hebrew Bible. Also found in:
Grammatical profile
- 4 nouns
- 3 particles
Cross-references
3Topical passages linked to Exodus 39:35 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge — connected by theme and wording, ordered by reader-vote popularity; previews shown in the World English Bible.
- Exodus 25:17 You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.
- Hebrews 9:5 and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can't now speak in detail.
- Hebrews 9:8 The Holy Spirit is indicating this, that the way into the Holy Place wasn't yet revealed while the first tabernacle was still standing;
Cross-references courtesy of OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).
Hebrew and Greek witnesses Masoretic Hebrew ↔ Greek Septuagint
The same verse in the two great witnesses to the Old Testament, shown verse-for-verse.
These are two independent witnesses, not word-aligned to each other, and the Septuagint is shown in lemma (dictionary) form.
Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex (CC BY 4.0). Greek: Septuagint (public domain); English from a public-domain English Septuagint. How the Septuagint differs from the Hebrew →
Targum (Aramaic paraphrase)
The Targum is the ancient Jewish Aramaic paraphrase of the Hebrew Scriptures — an interpretive translation, not the Hebrew text itself. Onkelos (literal) and Pseudo-Jonathan (expansive) render the Torah, and Jonathan the Prophets. Coverage is partial: where no permissively-licensed English translation exists for a verse, only the Aramaic is shown. This is verse-level text, not a word-by-word alignment to the Hebrew.
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Targum Onkelos Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
יָת אֲרוֹנָא דְסַהֲדוּתָא וְיָת אֲרִיחוֹהִי וְיָת כַּפֻּרְתָּא:
(no public-domain English translation for this verse)
Targum Onkelos — Aramaic: “Onkelos Genesis” (public domain); “Onkelos Exodus” (public domain); “Onkelos Leviticus” (public domain); “Onkelos Numbers” (public domain); “Onkelos Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “Sefaria Community Translation” (CC0 1.0 (public-domain dedication)); “J.W. Etheridge. The Targums of Onkelos and Jonathan Ben Uzziel on the Pentateuch. London: Longmans, Green, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
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Targum Pseudo-Jonathan Torah (Genesis–Deuteronomy)
וְיַת אֲרוֹנָא דְסַהֲדוּתָא וְיַת אֲרִיחוֹי וְיַת כַּפּוּרְתָּא וּכְרוּבַיָא דְנַפְקִין נְגִיד מִינָהּ חָד מִכָּא וְחָד מִכָּא
and the ark of the testimony, and its staves, and the mercy-seat, and the kerubaia produced of beaten work of the same, the one here, and the other there;
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan — Aramaic: “Targum Jonathan on Genesis” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Exodus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Leviticus” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Numbers” (public domain); “Targum Jonathan on Deuteronomy” (public domain). English: “The Targum of Jonathan ben Uzziel, trans. J. W. Etheridge, London, 1862” (public domain). Text via Sefaria.
Lesson kit
Teaching starters — assembled from the data on this page, not authored interpretation. Every prompt links to the verse data it draws on. Edit before teaching.
Exodus, in the Pentateuch, opens this verse with 7 words (5 distinct Hebrew lemmas). Its most distinctive word is kappôreth (“mercy seat”). Read the whole chapter for the surrounding context.
Discussion questions
- What does “mercy seat” (kappôreth) contribute to the verse as a whole?
- Exodus 25:17 shares the word «mercy seat» with this verse. How do the two illuminate each other?
- These translations render this verse differently. What is at stake in choosing one wording over another?
Things to notice
- These translations choose different wording for 9 words in this verse.
- 5 distinct Hebrew lemmas span 7 words in this verse.
Commentary
Notes on Exodus 39:35 from classic Christian and Jewish commentators (each source and its license shown beneath its notes). The classic Christian expositions comment on the surrounding passage and are grouped to its opening verse, so a note may address several verses; the Jewish commentaries on the Tanakh (Rashi and others) are per-verse, so they appear only where the commentator wrote on this verse.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.