The Mercy Seat is part of the Ark of the Covenant. Once a year, the high priest of Israel would take the blood offering for the sins of the people into the Holy of Holies behind the veil and pour it onto the Ark of the Covenant. Since the priest poured the blood on the top between the two cherubim, that place was called the Mercy Seat. It was the tangible seat of mercy for God’s people. The priest poured the blood offering there, and the people received mercy from the hand of God.
