Exodus 39:35
the ark of the Testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;
BSB
ASV
the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy-seat;
KJV
The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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Hebrews 9:8By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.
leads to
Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,
I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.
Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,
For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.
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Hebrews 9:5Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
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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.…
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…
And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
