Exodus 25:17

Instructions For Making The Ark Of The Covenant

¹⁶ And thou shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. ¹⁷ And thou shall make a mercy-seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it. ¹⁸ And thou shall make two cherubim of gold; of beaten work shall thou make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.

Mercy Seat

Atonement Cover

Exodus 37:6

And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold, two cubits and a half the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it.

Romans 3:25

whom God set forth an expiatory sacrifice through faith in his blood, for proof of his justice, because of the passing over of the sins that have formerly occurred

Hebrews 9:5

And above it were cherubim of glory overshadowing the place of forgiveness, about which things it is not now to speak in detail.

Exodus 26:34

And thou shall put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

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 16:12-15

And he shall take a censer full of coals of fire from off the altar before LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring it within the veil.

1 Chronicles 28:11

Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch [of the temple], and of the houses of it, and of the treasuries of it, and of the upper rooms of it, and of the inner chambers of it, and of the place of the mercy-seat,

Hebrews 4:16

Let us therefore come near with boldness to the throne of grace, so that we may take mercy, and may find grace for timely help.

1 John 2:2

And he is the atonement for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the whole world.