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Setting Up the Tabernacle

Exodus 40:20

In 11 translations

BSB
Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.
KJV
¶ 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:
WEB
He took and put the covenant into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.
ASV
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:
LSV
And he takes and puts the Testimony into the Ark, and sets the poles on the Ark, and puts the propitiatory covering on the Ark above;
YLT
And he taketh and putteth the testimony unto the ark, and setteth the staves on the ark, and putteth the mercy-seat on the ark above;
DBY
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and put the staves in the ark, and put the mercy-seat above on the ark.
DRC40:18
And he put the testimony in the ark, thrusting bars underneath, and the oracle above.
GNV
And he tooke and put the Testimonie in the Arke, and put the barres in the ringes of the Arke, and set the Merciseate on hie vpon the Arke.
JPS
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the ark-cover above upon the ark.
LXXE
And he took the testimonies, and put them into the ark; and he put the staves by the sides of the ark.Gr. under.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וַיִּקַּ֞ח וַיִּתֵּ֤ן אֶת־הָעֵדֻת֙ אֶל־הָ֣אָרֹ֔ן וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת־הַבַּדִּ֖ים עַל־הָאָרֹ֑ן וַיִּתֵּ֧ן אֶת־הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶת עַל־הָאָרֹ֖ן מִלְמָֽעְלָה׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ λαβὼν τὰ μαρτύρια ἐνέβαλεν εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν· καὶ ὑπέθηκε τοὺς διωστῆρας ὑπὸ τὴν κιβωτὸν,

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Exodus 16:34And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
  • Matthew 3:15“Let it be so now,” Jesus replied. “It is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness in this way.” Then John permitted Him.
  • Exodus 37:6–9He constructed a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. He made two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat, one cherub on one end and one on the other, all…
  • Psalms 40:8I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
  • 1 John 2:2He Himself is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not only for ours but also for the sins of the whole world.
  • Hebrews 9:4containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
  • Romans 3:25God presented Him as the atoning sacrifice through faith in His blood, in order to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance He had passed over the sins committed beforehand.
  • Romans 10:4For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
  • Exodus 40:3Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.
  • Hebrews 4:16Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
  • Deuteronomy 10:5and I went back down the mountain and placed the tablets in the ark I had made, as the LORD had commanded me; and there they have remained.
  • Hebrews 10:19–21Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus, by the new and living way opened for us through the curtain of His body, and since we have a great priest over the house…
  • Exodus 31:18When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
  • Exodus 25:16–21And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you. And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends…
  • 1 Kings 8:9There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 40:18 in some Bibles
  • 40:20 in most Bibles
  • Mapping unverified: STEPBible TVTMS has rules for this verse in this edition's tradition that would place it elsewhere, but their tests did not match this edition.

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