"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…" — Exodus 40:20

Exodus 40:20 · 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:”

— Exodus 40:20

Verse 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.

Verse 21

And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.

Exodus 40 — Context

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.

And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses.

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:

And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.

And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.

Cross References

Exodus 16:34

As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

Deuteronomy 10:5

And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.

1 Kings 8:9

{There was} nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made {a covenant} with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt. {when the: or, where the}

Exodus 37:6-9

And he made the mercy seat {of} pure gold: two cubits and a half {was} the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

Exodus 40:3

And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.

Hebrews 4:16

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Exodus 25:16-21

And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

1 John 2:2

And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for {the sins of} the whole world.