Lux Domini
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

Key themes

Justice and mercySalvationTruthRedemption

Glossary

Ark Object

Noah’s ark, a building of gopher-wood, and covered with pitch, 300 cubits long, 50 cubits broad, and 30 cubits high.

Mercy-seat Object

(Heb. kapporeth, a “covering;” LXX. and N. T., hilasterion; Vulg., propitiatorium), the covering or lid of the ark of the covenant (q. v. ).