Exodus 40:20
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and placed the staves on the ark; and he put the mercy-seat upon the ark above.
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Exodus 16:34As the Lord had commanded Moses, so did Aaron lay it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
Exodus 31:18And he gave unto Moses, when he had finished speaking with him upon mount Sinai, the two tables of the testimony, tables of stone, inscribed with the finger of God.
Exodus 40:3And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and separate the ark with the vail.
1 Kings 8:9There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses had placed therein at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
Matthew Henry on Exodus 40:17-34
16 Thus did Moses: according to all that the Lord commanded him, so did he. 17 And it came to pass in the first month in the second year, on the first day of the month, that the tabernacle was reared up. 18 And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. 19 And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the Lord commanded Moses. 20 And he took and put the… Read the whole commentary →