He is to take some of the blood of the bull and sprinkle it with his finger on the mercy seat on the east, and before the mercy seat he is to sprinkle some of the blood with his finger seven times.
“before the mercy seat he is to sprinkle some of the blood.” So after sprinkling blood on the Mercy Seat itself, the High Priest would sprinkle blood on the ground in front of the Mercy Seat.
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