Exodus 26:34

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

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Interpretation

A vail, or curtain, separated the holy place from the most holy place. It was hung upon pillars.

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This thought runs through Exodus 26:33-37.

Ark Object: Noah’s ark, a building of gopher-wood, and covered with pitch, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits broad, and 30 cubits high.
Most Holy Place Place: Biblical altar. Modern identification: in the Holy Place 1.
Mercy-seat Object: (Heb. kapporeth, a “covering;” LXX. and N. T., hilasterion; Vulg., propitiatorium), the covering or lid of the ark of the covenant (q. v. ).