Exodus 37:6
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He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
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Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.
Then David gave his son Solomon the plans for the portico of the temple, its buildings, storehouses, upper rooms, inner rooms, and the room for the mercy seat.
God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
But when the time had fully come, God sent His Son, born of a woman, born under the law,
He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to purify for Himself a people for His own possession, zealous for good deeds.