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.
Exodus 25:16 - New Revised Standard Version You shall put into the ark the covenant that I shall give you. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you shall put inside the ark the Testimony [the Ten Commandments] which I will give you. American Standard Version (1901) And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. Common English Bible Put the covenant document that I will give you into the chest. Catholic Public Domain Version And you shall place the testimony, which I will give to you, in the ark. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou shalt put in the ark the testimony which I will give thee. |
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.
Then he brought out the king's son, put the crown on him, and gave him the covenant; they proclaimed him king, and anointed him; they clapped their hands and shouted, “Long live the king!”
Then he brought out the king's son, put the crown on him, and gave him the covenant; they proclaimed him king, and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him; and they shouted, “Long live the king!”
As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the covenant, for safekeeping.
You shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark; and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I shall give you.
You shall hang the curtain under the clasps, and bring the ark of the covenant in there, within the curtain; and the curtain shall separate for you the holy place from the most holy.
In the tent of meeting, outside the curtain that is before the covenant, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a perpetual ordinance to be observed throughout their generations by the Israelites.
and you shall beat some of it into powder, and put part of it before the covenant in the tent of meeting where I shall meet with you; it shall be for you most holy.
You shall place it in front of the curtain that is above the ark of the covenant, in front of the mercy seat that is over the covenant, where I will meet with you.
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.
Then Moses turned and went down from the mountain, carrying the two tablets of the covenant in his hands, tablets that were written on both sides, written on the front and on the back.
Moses came down from Mount Sinai. As he came down from the mountain with the two tablets of the covenant in his hand, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone because he had been talking with God.
These are the records of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the covenant, which were drawn up at the commandment of Moses, the work of the Levites being under the direction of Ithamar son of the priest Aaron.
He took the covenant and put it into the ark, and put the poles on the ark, and set the mercy seat above the ark;
Place them in the tent of meeting before the covenant, where I meet with you.
“Our ancestors had the tent of testimony in the wilderness, as God directed when he spoke to Moses, ordering him to make it according to the pattern he had seen.
Much, in every way. For in the first place the Jews were entrusted with the oracles of God.
“Take this book of the law and put it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God; let it remain there as a witness against you.
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;
“Command the priests who bear the ark of the covenant, to come up out of the Jordan.”