Footstool

[Lev 16] ~ the lid of the ark

[Num 7:89]

Rather than calling the lid of the ark “mercy seat” is it kapporet ~ place of purging - ‘instrument of propitiation’ OR throne mercy is a commentary of the object’s purpose rather than a translation of what it is

Elsewhere the ark is referred to as God’s footstool: [1Chr 28:2] [Ps 99:5] [Ps 132:7] [Lam 2:1]