1) mercy-seat, place of atonement 1a) the golden plate of propitiation on which the High Priest sprinkled the seat 7 times on the Day of Atonement symbolically reconciling Jehovah and His chosen people 1a1) the slab of gold on top of the ark of the covenant which measured 2.5 by 1.5 cubits; on it and part of it were the two golden cherubim facing each other whose outstretched wings came together above and constituted the throne of God
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H3727 — כַּפֹּרֶת
kap.po.ret · mercy seat · Hebrew/Aramaic
22 tagged verse occurrences
Exodus 25:17 · כַפֹּ֖רֶתAnd you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.Exodus 25:18 · הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,Exodus 25:19 · הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶתone cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.Exodus 25:20 · הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶת · הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶתAnd the cherubim are to have wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the mercy seat.Exodus 25:21 · הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶתSet the mercy seat atop the ark and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.Exodus 25:22 · הַכַּפֹּ֗רֶתAnd I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.Exodus 26:34 · הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶתPut the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.Exodus 30:6 · הַכַּפֹּ֗רֶתPlace the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony—before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony—where I will meet with you.Exodus 31:7 · הַכַּפֹּ֖רֶתthe Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony and the mercy seat upon it, and all the other furnishings of the tent—Exodus 35:12 · הַכַּפֹּ֑רֶתthe ark with its poles and mercy seat, and the veil to shield it;Exodus 37:6 · כַּפֹּ֖רֶתHe constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.Exodus 37:7 · הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃He made two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,Exodus 37:8 · הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶתone cherub on one end and one on the other, all made from one piece of gold.Exodus 37:9 · הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶת · הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶתAnd the cherubim had wings that spread upward, overshadowing the mercy seat. The cherubim faced each other, looking toward the mercy seat.Exodus 39:35 · הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃the ark of the Testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;Exodus 40:20 · הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶתMoses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.Leviticus 16:2 · הַכַּפֹּ֜רֶת · הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.Leviticus 16:13 · הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶתHe is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die.Leviticus 16:14 · הַכַּפֹּ֖רֶת · הַכַּפֹּ֗רֶתAnd he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat.Leviticus 16:15 · הַכַּפֹּ֖רֶת · הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃Aaron shall then slaughter the goat for the sin offering for the people and bring its blood behind the veil, and with its blood he must do as he did with the bull’s blood: He is to sprinkle it against the mercy seat and in front of it.Numbers 7:89 · הַכַּפֹּ֙רֶת֙When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony. Thus the LORD spoke to him.1 Chronicles 28:11 · הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.