“And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle of the congregation to speak with him, then he heard the voice of one speaking unto him from off the mercy seat that was upon the ark of testimony, from between the two cherubims: and he spake unto him.”
When Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the covenant between the two cherubim; thus he spoke to him — the chapter climaxes with Moses entering the sanctuary to commune directly with God. The mercy seat (kapporet), where atonement blood was sprinkled, becomes the seat of God's speaking. The cherubim frame the divine voice. The entire twelve-day offering sequence culminates in intimate encounter: God speaks to Moses directly from above the mercy seat between the cherubim.
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