Exodus 25:17

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Exodus 25:17 (WEB)
You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width.

Catechism · 1

§2130Article 1 · The First CommandmentRead at vatican.va
“Nevertheless, already in the Old Testament, God ordained or permitted the making of images that pointed symbolically toward salvation by the incarnate Word: so it was with the bronze serpent, the ark of the covenant, and the cherubim.” — Catechism footnote: Cf. Num 21:4-9; Wis 16:5-14; Jn 3:14-15; Ex 25:10-22; 1 Kings 6:23-28; 7:23-26.

Fathers and councils · 1

Irenaeus of Lyons, Against Heresies II.24Book II
“The mercy-seat also does in like manner not at all harmonize with their expositions.” — editor's note: Ex. xxv. 17.
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Ezekiel 40:42
Exodus 25:17 and Ezekiel 40:42 share the same wording (10 words).

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VerseEzekiel 40:42

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PassageAgainst Heresies II.24

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