"And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail." — Exodus 40:3

Exodus 40:3 · KJV

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

— Exodus 40:3

On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. {the things...: Heb. the order thereof}

Exodus 40 — Context

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

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

And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.

Cross References

Exodus 35:12

The ark, and the staves thereof, {with} the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,

Numbers 4:5

And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

Revelation 11:19

And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

Exodus 40:20-21

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:

Leviticus 16:14

And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle {it} with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.

Exodus 25:22

And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which {are} upon the ark of the testimony, of all {things} which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

Exodus 26:33-34

And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy {place} and the most holy.

Exodus 37:1-9

And Bezaleel made the ark {of} shittim wood: two cubits and a half {was} the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it: