Topic
Mercy-seat
37 passages cited, from 3 classic reference works.
These works date from 1896–1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Exodus 25:22Easton · Nave · Torrey The shekinah upon
And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
- Exodus 31:7Easton · Nave · Torrey Placed on the ark of the testimony
The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,
- Leviticus 16:2Easton · Nave · Torrey The shekinah upon
And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.
- Numbers 7:89Easton · Nave · Torrey The shekinah upon
And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.
- Hebrews 9:5Easton · Nave · Torrey Placed on the ark of the testimony
And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we can not now speak particularly.
- Exodus 25:17Easton · Torrey Moses commanded to make
And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
- Exodus 26:34Nave · Torrey Placed on the ark of the testimony
And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
- Exodus 30:6Easton · Nave Placed on the ark of the testimony
And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
- Exodus 40:20Nave · Torrey Placed on the ark of the testimony
¶ 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 16:14Nave · Torrey Sprinkled with blood
And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
- Leviticus 16:15Nave · Torrey Sprinkled with blood
¶ Then shall he kill the goat of the sin offering, that is for the people, and bring his blood within the vail, and do with that blood as he did with the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, and before the mercy seat:
- 1 Chronicles 28:11Easton · Nave In Solomon's temple
¶ Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and of the inner parlours thereof, and of the place of the mercy seat,
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- Psalms 80:1 Nave · Torrey The shekinah upon
- Hebrews 4:16 Nave · Torrey The shekinah upon
- Exodus 25:17–22 Nave Description of
- Exodus 25:18–20 Torrey The cherubim formed out of, and at each end of it
- Exodus 25:21 Torrey Placed upon the ark of testimony
- Exodus 30:36 Nave The shekinah upon
- Exodus 31:2 Torrey Bezaleel given wisdom to make
- Exodus 31:3 Torrey Bezaleel given wisdom to make
- Exodus 35:4–12 Nave Materials of, to be a freewill offering
- Exodus 37:1 Nave Made by Bezaleel
- Exodus 37:6–9 Nave Made by Bezaleel
- Exodus 37:6 Torrey Made of pure gold
- Leviticus 16:11–16 Easton
- Leviticus 16:13 Torrey Covered with a cloud of incense on the day of atonement
- Numbers 17:4 Nave The shekinah upon
- 1 Samuel 4:4 Nave The shekinah upon
- 2 Samuel 6:2 Nave The shekinah upon
- 2 Kings 19:15 Nave The shekinah upon
- 1 Chronicles 13:6 Nave The shekinah upon
- Psalms 99:1 Nave The shekinah upon
- Isaiah 37:16 Nave The shekinah upon
- Romans 3:25 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Christ
- Ephesians 2:6 Easton
- Hebrews 9:3 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Christ
- Hebrews 9:4 Easton
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 11 references
(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 (Ex. 25:17; 30:6; 31:7). It is compared to the throne of grace (Heb. 9:5; Eph. 2:6). The holy of holies is called the “place of the mercy-seat” (1 Chr. 28:11: Lev. 16:2).
It has been conjectured that the censer (thumiaterion, meaning “anything having regard to or employed in the burning of incense”) mentioned in Heb. 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 (Lev. 16:11-16; comp. Num. 7:89 and Ex. 25:22).
In the topical indexes
Nave's Topical Bible (1896) · 26 references, grouped by sub-topic
- → Description of Ex 25:17-22
- → Placed on the ark of the testimony Ex 26:34; 30:6; 31:7; 40:20; Heb 9:5
- → Materials of, to be a freewill offering Ex 35:4-12
- → Made by Bezaleel Ex 37:1,6-9
- → Sprinkled with blood Le 16:14,15
- → The shekinah upon Ex 25:22; 30:6,36; Le 16:2; Nu 7:89; 17:4; 1Sa 4:4; 2Sa 6:2; 2Ki 19:15; 1Ch 13:6; Ps 80:1; 99:1; Isa 37:16; Heb 4:16
- → In Solomon's temple 1Ch 28:11
- → See TABERNACLE
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 21 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Moses commanded to make Ex 25:17
- Bezaleel given wisdom to make Ex 31:2,3,7
- Made of pure gold Ex 25:17; 37:6
- The cherubim formed out of, and at each end of it Ex 25:18-20; Heb 9:5
- Placed upon the ark of testimony Ex 25:21; 26:34; 40:20
- GOD
- Covered with a cloud of incense on the day of atonement Le 16:13
- The blood of sacrifices on the day of atonement sprinkled upon and before Le 16:14,15
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897); Nave's Topical Bible (1896); Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.