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The mercy seat, in the Hebrew Bible, was the gold lid placed on the Ark of the Covenant.

Mercy seat may also refer to:

Religion

• Throne of Mercy, Christian iconography representing the Trinity
• Mourner's bench, a bench located in front of the chancel in Methodist and other evangelical Christian churches
• Misericord, a small wooden shelf on the underside of a folding seat in a church

Arts and entertainment

• The Mercy Seat (play), a 2002 play by Neil LaBute
• "The Mercy Seat" (song), a 1988 song by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
• "Mercy Seat", a 1988 song by Ultra Vivid Scene from Ultra Vivid Scene
• The Mercy Seat, a late-1980s band formed by Gordon Gano
• The Mercy Seat, a 2000 album by Don Moen
• The Mercy Seat, a 1998 novel by Rilla Askew

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