Exodus 25:16
14 And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
15 The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
17 And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
18 And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two 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 put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
Read in context1 Kings 8:9
There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.
Read in contextHebrews 9:4
Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
Read in contextExodus 16:34
As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
Read in contextExodus 27:21
In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
Read in contextExodus 31:18
And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.
Read in context2 Kings 11:12
And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.
Read in context2 Chronicles 34:14–15
And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses.
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