Bible Cross References
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.
Exodus 25:17-22
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"Make a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.
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Make two winged creatures of hammered gold,
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one for each end of the lid. Make them so that they form one piece with the lid.
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The winged creatures are to face each other across the lid, and their outspread wings are to cover it.
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Put the two stone tablets inside the Box and put the lid on top of it.
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I will meet you there, and from above the lid between the two winged creatures I will give you all my laws for the people of Israel.
Leviticus 16:12-15
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he shall take a fire pan full of burning coals from the altar and two handfuls of fine incense and bring them into the Most Holy Place.
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There in the LORD's presence he shall put the incense on the fire, and the smoke of the incense will hide the lid of the Covenant Box so that he will not see it and die.
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He shall take some of the bull's blood and with his finger sprinkle it on the front of the lid and then sprinkle some of it seven times in front of the Covenant Box.
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After that, he shall kill the goat for the sin offering for the people, bring its blood into the Most Holy Place, and sprinkle it on the lid and then in front of the Covenant Box, as he did with the bull's blood.
1 Chronicles 28:11
David gave Solomon the plans for all the Temple buildings, for the storerooms and all the other rooms, and for the Most Holy Place, where sins are forgiven.
Romans 3:25
God offered him, so that by his blood he should become the means by which people's sins are forgiven through their faith in him. God did this in order to demonstrate that he is righteous. In the past he was patient and overlooked people's sins; but in the present time he deals with their sins, in order to demonstrate his righteousness. In this way God shows that he himself is righteous and that he puts right everyone who believes in Jesus.
Galatians 4:4
But when the right time finally came, God sent his own Son. He came as the son of a human mother and lived under the Jewish Law,
Titus 2:14
He gave himself for us, to rescue us from all wickedness and to make us a pure people who belong to him alone and are eager to do good.
Hebrews 9:5
Above the Box were the winged creatures representing God's presence, with their wings spread over the place where sins were forgiven. But now is not the time to explain everything in detail.
1 John 2:2
And Christ himself is the means by which our sins are forgiven, and not our sins only, but also the sins of everyone.