Exodus 40:20

And he took and placed the testimony in the ark, and set the staves upon the ark, and placed the mercy seat upon the ark above.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

In Context

19Arid he spread the tent upon the tabernacle, and set the covering of the tabernacle over it, above, as the Lord commanded Mosheh.

21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and placed the veil which was spread to overshadow the ark of the testimony, as the Lord commanded Mosheh.

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Cross References

Exodus 16:34As the Lord commanded, so did Mosheh; and Aharon laid it up before the Testimony, to keep.

Exodus 31:18And He gave to Mosheh, when He had finished to speak with him on Mount Sinai, two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone inscribed with the finger of the Lord.

Exodus 40:3And thou shalt set there the ark of the testimony, and outspread the veil before the ark;

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 →

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