Exodus 25:16
14 Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, in order to carry it.
15 The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed.
And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
17 And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.
18 Make two cherubim of hammered gold at the ends of the mercy seat,
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
- KJV
- And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
- WEB
- You shall put the covenant which I shall give you into the ark.
- ASV
- And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
- DARBY
- And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.
- BLB
- And you shall put into the ark the Testimony that I shall give to you.
- ÅB
- Og i arken skal du legge vitnesbyrdet[^2] som jeg vil gi deg.
- OTB
- Legg deretter i arken vitnesbyrdets tavler, som jeg vil gi deg.
- B1930
- Og i arken skal du legge vidnesbyrdet som jeg vil gi dig. / < se 2MO 16, 34.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 31:26
“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.
Read in context1 Kings 8:9
There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.
Read in contextHebrews 9:4
containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
Read in contextExodus 16:34
And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.
Read in contextExodus 27:21
In the Tent of Meeting, outside the veil that is in front of the Testimony, Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamps before the LORD from evening until morning. This is to be a permanent statute for the Israelites for the generations to come.
Read in contextExodus 31:18
When the LORD had finished speaking with Moses on Mount Sinai, He gave him the two tablets of the Testimony, tablets of stone inscribed by the finger of God.
Read in context2 Kings 11:12
Then Jehoiada brought out the king’s son, put the crown on him, presented him with the Testimony, and proclaimed him king. They anointed him, and the people clapped their hands and declared, “Long live the king!”
Read in context2 Chronicles 34:14–15
While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD written by Moses.
Read in context