Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Exodus 37:6
And he made the mercy seat [of] pure gold: two cubits and a half [was] the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
6. a mercy-seat ] Or, propitiatory: see on Exo 25:17.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Verse 6. He made the mercy-seat] See this described Ex 25:17. See Clarke on Ex 25:17.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
6-10. made the mercy seat of puregoldTo construct a figure, whether the body of a beast or aman, with two extended wings, measuring from two to three feet fromtip to tip, with the hammer, out of a solid piece of gold, was whatfew, if any, artisans of the present day could accomplish.
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
[See comments on Ex 37:1].
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
Verses 6-9:
Bezaleel followed the pattern given in Ex 25:17-22, for the mercy seat and the over-shadowing cherubim. This was the most sacred place in all Israel. It was the place where God met with His people to commune with them through the high priest.
Fuente: Garner-Howes Baptist Commentary
We cannot sufficiently keep in view him, whom both the ark, and mercy-seat, typified. Jesus is the mercy-seat, or propitiation. 1Jn 2:1 . And to the shelter of his righteousness was it not that Noah by faith fled? Gen 7:1 with Heb 11:7 .
Fuente: Hawker’s Poor Man’s Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
mercy seat = propitiatory. See note on Exo 25:17
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Exo 25:17-22, Lev 16:12-15, 1Ch 28:11, Rom 3:25, Gal 4:4, Tit 2:14, Heb 9:5, 1Jo 2:2
Reciprocal: Exo 40:20 – mercy 2Ch 5:7 – to the oracle