Exodus 40:3

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

and put the chest with the Ten Commandments behind the inside curtain of the tent.

Cross References

1 Chronicles 17:5

I didn't live in a temple when I brought my people out of Egypt, and I don't live in one now. A tent has always been my home wherever I have gone with them.

Exodus 25:10

Tell the people to build a chest of acacia wood one hundred and ten centimetres long, sixty-six centimetres wide, and sixty-six centimetres high.

Exodus 25:22

I will meet you there between the two creatures and tell you what my people must do and what they must not do.

Exodus 26:31

Make a curtain to separate the holy place from the most holy place. Use fine linen woven with blue, purple, and red wool, and embroidered with figures of winged creatures. Cover four acacia wood posts with gold and set them each on a silver stand. Then fasten gold hooks to the posts and hang the curtain there.

Exodus 31:7

the sacred tent with its furnishings, the sacred chest with its place of mercy, the table with all that is on it, the lamp with its equipment, the incense altar, the altar for sacrifices with its equipment, the bronze bowl with its stand, the beautiful priestly clothes for Aaron and his sons, the oil for dedication and ordination services, and the sweet-smelling incense for the holy place.

Exodus 35:12

the sacred chest with its carrying poles, its place of mercy, and the curtain in front of it;

Exodus 35:4

Moses told the people of Israel that the LORD had said:

Exodus 39:32

So the people of Israel finished making everything the LORD had told Moses to make.

Leviticus 16:14

Next, use a finger to sprinkle some of the blood on the place of mercy, which is on the lid of the sacred chest; then sprinkle blood seven times in front of the chest.

Numbers 4:5

When the Israelites are ready to move their camp, Aaron and his sons will enter the tent and take down the curtain that separates the sacred chest from the rest of the tent. They will cover the chest with this curtain,

Hebrews 9:3

Behind the curtain was the most holy place.

Revelation 11:19

The door to God's temple in heaven was then opened, and the sacred chest could be seen inside the temple. I saw lightning and heard roars of thunder. The earth trembled and huge hailstones fell to the ground.