And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.
And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the LORD.
Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place, that the cloud filled the house of the LORD,
So that the priests could not stand to minister because of the cloud: for the glory of the LORD had filled the house of the LORD.
Then spake Solomon, The LORD said that he would dwell in thick darkness.
And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:
Nor yet that he should offer himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year with blood of others;
Having therefore, brethren, boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus,