REFERENCE MERCY SEAT
Comment For a picture of the ark of the covenant, the mercy seat, and the cherubims, see the image of the ark of the covenant rendered by the Mishkan
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Exodus 25:17-22 [25:17] And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. [25:18] And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat . [25:19] And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. [25:20] And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be [25:21] And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. [25:22] And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat , from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
Exodus 26:34 And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
Exodus 30:6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
Exodus 31:7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,
Exodus 35:12 The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat , and the vail of the covering,
Exodus 37:6-9 [37:6] And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof. [37:7] And he made two cherubims of gold, beaten out of one piece made he them, on the two ends of the mercy seat ; [37:8] One cherub on the end on this side, and another cherub on the other end on that side: out of the mercy seat made he the cherubims on the two ends thereof. [37:9] And the cherubims spread out their wings on high, and covered with their wings over the mercy seat , with their faces one to another; even to the mercy seatward were the faces of the cherubims.
Exodus 39:35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat ,
Exodus 40:20 And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
Leviticus 16:2 And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat , which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat .
Leviticus 16:12-15 [16:12] And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the vail: [16:13] And he shall put the incense upon the fire before the LORD, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is upon the testimony, that he die not: [16:14] And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. [16:15] Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat , and before the mercy seat :
Numbers 7:89 And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.
I Chronicles 28:11 Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,