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Exodus 26:34

in Exodus 26

Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And thou shalt put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

KJV

And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

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This verse in Exodus 26

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony

on Exodus 26:34-35

Behind the veil stands one object, the ark with the mercy seat on it. Outside it stand the table on the north and the lampstand on the south, so the furniture is placed as carefully as it is made.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon ark of the testimony,.... With the cherubim of glory overshadowing it; all which were a representation of the way of man's salvation flowing from the mercy and grace of God, through the propitiation by Christ, and his perfect righteousness, by which the law is fulfilled; and all this is published in the Gospel by the ministers of it, signified by the cherubim: and these are all the things that were "in the most holy place"; and they were placed at the west end of it.

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְנָתַתָּ֙and you will put

    venatataH5414 →2011 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶתthe atonement cover

    hakaporetH3727 →27 times

  • עַ֖לon

    ʾalH5921 →5755 times

  • אֲר֣וֹן[the] ark of

    ʾaronH727 →202 times

  • הָעֵדֻ֑תthe testimony

    haedutH5715 →59 times

  • בְּקֹ֖דֶשׁin [the] holy place of

    bekodeshH6944 →469 times

  • הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃the holy places

    hakodashimH6944 →469 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

4 in all, six open

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Hebrews 9:5

    Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 7:89

      When 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.…

    • Leviticus 16:2

      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…

    • 1 Kings 8:6–7

      Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.

    • Exodus 25:17–22

      And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

    • Leviticus 16:13

      He 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.

  • Through

    Exodus 25:21

    Set the mercy seat atop the ark, and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.

    it leads to

    • Romans 10:4

      For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.

    • Exodus 25:16–17

      And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.

  • Through

    Exodus 40:20

    Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.

    it leads to

    • Exodus 16:34

      And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

Where this verse is studied

About Exodus

The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
The Israelites Leaving Egypt, David Roberts, 1829. Public domain.
Exodus: the study guide →Read Exodus 26 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Sir Robert Anderson, Types in Hebrews.

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