Mercy-seat

How Nave’s arranged it

• Description ofExodus 25:17–22
• Placed on the ark of the testimonyExodus 26:34Exodus 30:6Exodus 31:7Exodus 40:20Hebrews 9:5
• Materials of, to be a freewill offeringExodus 35:4–12
• Made by BezaleelExodus 37:1Exodus 37:6–9
• Sprinkled with bloodLeviticus 16:14Leviticus 16:15
• The shekinah uponExodus 25:22Exodus 30:6Exodus 30:36Leviticus 16:2Numbers 7:89Numbers 17:41 Samuel 4:42 Samuel 6:22 Kings 19:151 Chronicles 13:6Psalms 80:1Psalms 99:1Isaiah 37:16Hebrews 4:16
• In Solomon's temple1 Chronicles 28:11
• See Tabernacle

The passages, in Bible order (25)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Exodus 25:17–22

   And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

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   “And thou shall make a mercy seat of pure gold,....

   “For if you are a Cherub contemplating the essential attributes of God, and you wonder that the divine being is at once the first and the last, eternal and most present, most simple and greatest, that is, uncircumscribed, wholly everywhere and nowhere comprehended, most actual …

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2. Exodus 25:22

   And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

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   “And there I will meet with thee - That is, over the mercy-seat, between the cherubim. In this place God chose to give the most especial manifestations of himself; here the Divine glory was to be seen; and here Moses was to come in order to consult Jehovah, relative to the management of the people.

   “And there I will meet with thee,....

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3. Exodus 26:34

   Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.

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   “And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon ark of the testimony,.... With the cherubim of glory overshadowing it; all which were a representation of the way of man's salvation flowing from the mercy and grace of God, through the propitiation by Christ, and his perfect righteousness, by which the law is fulfilled; and all this is published in the Gospel by the ministers of it, signified by the cherubim: and these are all the things that were "in the most holy place"; and they were placed at the west end of it.

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4. Exodus 30:6

   Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony—before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony—where I will meet with you.

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   “The ark of the covenant, which was inside the veil, … very suitably symbolizes the nature of [Christ's] humanity. The urn [containing] manna symbolizes the fullness of his divinity. The staff of Aaron symbolizes the indestructible power of his priesthood, [and] the tablets of the …

   “Thou shalt put it before the vail,....

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5. Exodus 30:36

   Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.

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   “And thou shall beat some of it very small,....

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6. Exodus 31:7

   the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony and the mercy seat upon it, and all the other furnishings of the tent—

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   “The tabernacle of the congregation,....

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7. Exodus 35:4–12

   Moses also told the whole congregation of Israel, “This is what the LORD has commanded:

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   “And Moses spake unto all the congregation of the children of Israel,....

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8. Exodus 37:1

   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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   “And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood,.... Jarchi says, because he gave his mind to this work more than the rest of the wise men, it is called by his name.

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9. Exodus 37:6–9

   He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

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10. Exodus 40:20

    Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.

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    “And he took and put the testimony into the ark,.... The ten commands, called the "testimony", because they testified and declared what was the will of God with respect to things to be done, or not done.

    “And put the testimony into the ark - That is, the two tables on which the ten commandments had been written. See Exo 25:16. The ark, the golden table with the shew-bread, the golden candlestick, and the golden altar of incense, were all in the tabernacle, within the veil or curtains, which served as a door, Exo 40:22, Exo 40:24, Exo 40:26. And the altar of burnt-offering was by the door, Exo 40:

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11. Leviticus 16:2

    And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

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    “And the Lord said unto Moses, speak unto Aaron thy brother,....

    “That he come not at all times into the holy place - By the holy place we are to understand here what is ordinarily called the Holy of Holies, or most holy place; that place within the veil where the ark of the covenant, etc., were laid up; and where God manifested his presence between the cherubim.

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12. Leviticus 16:14

    And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat.

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    “And he shall take of the blood of the bullock,....

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13. Leviticus 16:15

    Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.

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    “Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people,.... That upon which the lot came for the Lord, Lev 16:9; the high priest having sprinkled the blood of the bullock, came out of the most holy place, and went into the court of the tabernacle to the altar of burnt offering, and on the north side of that slew the goat for the sin offering, the place where all such were killed; see Lev 1:

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14. Numbers 7:89

    When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony. Thus the LORD spoke to him.

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    “What does it mean that Moses often enters the tabernacle and comes out, except that he, whose mind is raised up in contemplation, must go out to deal with the affairs of the weak? Inside he contemplates the mysteries of God. Outside he bears the …

    “And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation, to speak with him,....

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15. Numbers 17:4

    Place the staffs in the Tent of Meeting in front of the Testimony, where I meet with you.

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    “And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation,....

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16. 1 Samuel 4:4

    So the people sent men to Shiloh, and they brought back the ark of the covenant of the LORD of Hosts, who sits enthroned between the cherubim. And the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phinehas, were there with the ark of the covenant of God.

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    “6. This is certainly the plan, this is the work of Israel against the battle of those falling by the cup — but indeed an unheard-of plan and work, because it is not of Israel according to the spirit, but of Israel according to the flesh; that is, not of one who sees God, but of one who thinks he sees the God whom he despises. For what is it to send to Shiloh, except to have recourse to the law of Moses, to whom it is said by the Lord: "Come, I will send you to Pharaoh" (Exod. 3:10)?

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