Exodus 40:20 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

He took the covenant and put it into the ark and put the poles on the ark and set the cover above the ark,

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

He took the Testimony [the Ten Commandments] and put it into the ark, and set the poles [in the rings] on the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark.

American Standard Version (1901)

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:

Common English Bible

He took the covenant document and placed it inside the chest. He put the poles on the chest, and he set the cover on top of the chest.

Catholic Public Domain Version

And he placed the table in the tabernacle of the testimony, at the north side, beyond the veil,

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

And he set the table in the tabernacle of the testimony at the north side, without the veil:

Exodus 40:20 Cross References

1 Kings 8:9

There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone that Moses had placed there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt.

1 Chronicles 15:3

David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it.

2 Chronicles 5:10

There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel when they came out of Egypt.

Psalm 40:8

I delight to do your will, O my God; your law is within my heart.”

Exodus 16:34

Just as the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the covenant, for safekeeping.

Exodus 26:34

You shall put the cover on the ark of the covenant in the most holy place.

Exodus 31:18

When God finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, he gave him the two tablets of the covenant, tablets of stone, written with the finger of God.

Exodus 40:19

and he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it as the Lord had commanded Moses.

Exodus 40:3

You shall put in it the ark of the covenant, and you shall screen the ark with the curtain.

Matthew 3:15

But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for it is proper for us in this way to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he consented.

Romans 10:4

For Christ is the culmination of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes.

Romans 3:25

whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith. He did this to demonstrate his righteousness, because in his divine forbearance he had passed over the sins previously committed;

Deuteronomy 10:5

So I turned and came down from the mountain and put the tablets in the ark that I had made, and there they are, as the Lord commanded me.”

Hebrews 4:16

Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 9:4

In it stood the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which there were a golden urn holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;

1 John 2:2

and he is the atoning sacrifice for our sins, and not for ours only but also for the sins of the whole world.