Bible Dictionaries
Mercy seat

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