Mercy Seat כַּפֹּרֶת

Inspiring Words Knight Vision · Feb 10, 2026 · 4m

We are in chapter twenty-five of Exodus with our word for today used for the first time in the Bible. כַּפֹּרֶת cover of propitiation or turning away wrath, atonement cover, mercy seat. It is used 27 times in the Old Testament, 7 times in our chapter. Our word is used in the sense of a lid that covered the Ark of the Covenant. Let’s start with our chapter. Exodus 25:17-22 You shall make a כַפֹּ֖רֶת mercy seat of pure gold ... And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת the mercy seat. Make one cherub on the one end, and one…