“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

the tent of meeting, and the ark of testimony, and the mercy seat upon it, and all the furniture of the tent,

the ark and its poles, the mercy seat, and the curtain of the screen;

He made a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

the ark of the testimony and its poles and the mercy seat;

You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you.

You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies.

You shall put this altar in front of the veil that is near the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over the ark of the testimony, where I will meet with you.

Then he took the testimony and put it into the ark, and attached the poles to the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark.

There I will meet with you; and from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about all that I will give you in commandment for the sons of Israel.

The cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

The Lord said to Moses:“Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter at any time into the holy place inside the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark, or he will die; for I will appear in the cloud over the mercy seat.

He shall put the incense on the fire before the Lord, that the cloud of incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the ark of the testimony, otherwise he will die.

and above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat; but of these things we cannot now speak in detail.

Moreover, he shall take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east side; also in front of the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.

“Then he shall slaughter the goat of the sin offering which is for the people, and bring its blood inside the veil and do with its blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and in front of the mercy seat.

Now when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim, so He spoke to him.