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Mercy seat
Bible Dictionary of Animals, Plants and other Objects
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Comments: Replica of the ark of the covenant, with the "mercy seat" (kaporet) acting as lid.
From Easton: Mercy-seat, (Heb. kapporeth, a "covering;" LXX. and N.T., hilasterion; Vulg., propitiatorium), the covering or lid of the ark of the covenant (q.v.). It was of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, or perhaps rather a plate of solid gold, 2 1/2 cubits long and 1 1/2 broad (Exodus 25:17; Exodus 30:6; Exodus 31:7). It is compared to the throne of grace (Hebrews 9:5; Ephesians 2:6). The holy of holies is called the "place of the mercy-seat" (1 Chronicles 28:11: Leviticus 16:2).
It has been conjectured that the censer (thumiaterion, meaning "anything having regard to or employed in the burning of incense") mentioned in Hebrews 9:4 was the "mercy-seat," at which the incense was burned by the high priest on the great day of atonement, and upon or toward which the blood of the goat was sprinkled (Leviticus 16:11-16; comp. Numbers 7:89 and Exodus 25:22).
Verses:
- Exodus 25:17
- Exodus 25:18
- Exodus 25:20
- Exodus 25:21
- Exodus 25:22
- Exodus 26:34
- Exodus 30:6
- Exodus 31:7
- Exodus 35:12
- Exodus 37:6
- Exodus 37:7
- Exodus 37:9
- Exodus 39:35
- Exodus 40:20
- Leviticus 16:2
- Leviticus 16:13
- Leviticus 16:14
- Leviticus 16:15
- Numbers 7:89
- 1 Chronicles 28:11
- Hebrews 9:5
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