And he made the mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half was the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
Study Helps
Interpretation
This verse continues the thought already in view and fits the wider themes of redemption and Passover in Exodus.
Glossary
- 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. ).