Following are a number of back-translations as well as a sample translation for translators of Exodus 37:6:
- Kupsabiny: “He made for that Box a cover/lid of pure gold. That cover had a length of forty five inches and a width of twenty seven inches.” (Source: Kupsabiny Back Translation)
- Newari: “He made a Mercy Seat of gold of two and half cubits long and a cubit and half wide.” (Source: Newari Back Translation)
- Hiligaynon: “They also made a lid/cover of pure gold for the Box/Ark, which is about 40 inches long and about 27 inches wide.” (Source: Hiligaynon Back Translation)
- Bariai: “And he made the box’s top from good gol, having a length which extends to our (incl.) opposite shoulder, and its width extending to our armpit. That top of the box, it’s the place in which blood wipes away people’s bad deeds, and so God is at peace again concerning them.” (Source: Bariai Back Translation)
- Opo: “And he took gold which not [eye] mixed with other things, go forged it for its head which is named place-of-mercy. He made its length it be joint of hand two and a half, and he made its width it be joint of hand one and a half.” (Source: Opo Back Translation)
- English: “He made a lid for the chest. That was the place where Yahweh would forgive people’s sins. It also was 45 in./110 cm. long and 27 in./66 cm. wide.” (Source: Translation for Translators)
