9518. 'And you shall put the mercy-seat onto the ark, up above' means the hearing thereby and reception of all things of worship that arise from the good of love. This is clear from the meaning of 'the mercy-seat' as the hearing and reception of all things of worship that arise from the good of love, dealt with in 9506; and from the meaning of 'the ark' as heaven where the Lord is, dealt with above. From this it is evident that the joining together of the mercy-seat to the ark means the hearing and reception of all things that belong to worship arising from the good of love from the Lord in heaven.