Mercy-Seat

Then David gave to Solomon his son the plans for the porch of the temple, for its houses, for its treasuries, for its upper rooms, for its inner rooms, for the place of the mercy seat;

You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width.

“Behold, I have called by name Bezalel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah.

I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship,

the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the covenant, the mercy seat that is on it, all the furniture of the Tent,

He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its width.

You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat. Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy…

and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can’t speak now in detail.

You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I will give you.

You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the covenant in the most holy place.

He took and put the covenant into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.

and Yahweh said to Moses, “Tell Aaron your brother not to come at just any time into the Most Holy Place within the veil, before the mercy seat which is on the ark; lest he die; for I will appear in the cloud on the mercy seat.

Hear us, Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock, you who sit above the cherubim, shine out.

There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the covenant, all that I command you for the children of Israel.

When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Yahweh, he heard his voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim; and he spoke to him.

He shall put the incense on the fire before Yahweh, that the cloud of the incense may cover the mercy seat that is on the covenant, so that he will not die.

He shall take some of the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east; and before the mercy seat he shall sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.

“Then he shall kill the goat of the sin offering that is for the people, and bring his blood within the veil, and do with his blood as he did with the blood of the bull, and sprinkle it on the mercy seat and before the mercy seat.

whom God sent to be an atoning sacrifice, through faith in his blood, for a demonstration of his righteousness through the passing over of prior sins, in God’s forbearance;

After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,

Let’s therefore draw near with boldness to the throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and may find grace for help in time of need.