Êxodo 25:21

21 E porás o propiciatório em cima da arca; e dentro da arca porás o testemunho que eu te darei.

Êxodo 25:21 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 25:21

And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark
Over it, as a covering for it: this situation of the mercy seat above the ark, where the law was, signifies, that there is no mercy but in a way of righteousness, or of satisfaction to the law of God, and in a consistence with the honour of it; and the cherubim over the mercy seat making a throne for the majesty of God, in which he sat, and the ark below a kind of footstool for him, shows that Christ, the mercy seat and propitiatory, stands between God and his law, and is the mediator between God, and men the transgressors of that law, and by fulfilling it has covered the sins of his people, which are violations of it; and being above it, and having magnified and made it honourable, is able to suppress its charges and accusations, and secure from its curse and condemnation:

and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee;
or "after thou shalt put in the ark" ^F18, as the particle "vau" is sometimes used; the sense is, that then the mercy seat should be put above, and upon the ark, as the covering of it, after the law, or the two tables of testimony, were put into it; for then it was covered, and not to be opened any more; see ( Exodus 40:20 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F18 (Nrah law) "postquam in area", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Drusius. Vid. Nold. Concord Ebr. part. p. 290.

Êxodo 25:21 In-Context

19 Farás um querubim numa extremidade e o outro querubim na outra extremidade; de uma só peça com o propiciatório fareis os querubins nas duas extremidades dele.

20 Os querubins estenderão as suas asas por cima do propiciatório, cobrindo-o com as asas, tendo as faces voltadas um para o outro; as faces dos querubins estarão voltadas para o propiciatório.

21 E porás o propiciatório em cima da arca; e dentro da arca porás o testemunho que eu te darei.

22 E ali virei a ti, e de cima do propiciatório, do meio dos dois querubins que estão sobre a arca do testemunho, falarei contigo a respeito de tudo o que eu te ordenar no tocante aos filhos de Israel.

23 Também farás uma mesa de madeira de acácia; o seu comprimento será de dois côvados, a sua largura de um côvado e a sua altura de um côvado e meio;