Exodus 26:33

³¹ Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.

³² Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.

And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.

³⁴ Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.

³⁵ And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.

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.

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BSB: And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
KJV: And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
WEB: You shall hang up the veil under the clasps, and shall bring the ark of the covenant in there within the veil. The veil shall separate the holy place from the most holy for you.
ASV: And thou shalt hang up the veil under the clasps, and shalt bring in thither within the veil the ark of the testimony: and the veil shall separate unto you between the holy place and the most holy.
DARBY: And thou shalt bring the veil under the clasps, and bring in thither, inside the veil, the ark of the testimony; and the curtain shall make a division to you between the holy [place] and the holiest of all.
BLB: And you shall put the veil under the clasps, and you shall bring there within the veil the ark of the Testimony. And the veil shall divide for you⁺ between the Holy Place and between the Holy of Holies.

ÅB: Og du skal henge forhenget under krokene[^1] og føre vitnesbyrdets ark dit og sette den innenfor forhenget; og forhenget skal være for dere en skillevegg mellom det Hellige og det Aller-helligste.
OTB: Heng forhenget fra klemmene og plasser paktens ark bak forhenget. Forhenget skal tjene som en skillevegg mellom Det hellige og Det aller helligste.
B1930: Og du skal henge forhenget under krokene og føre vidnesbyrdets ark dit og sette den innenfor forhenget; og forhenget skal være for eder en skillevegg mellem det Hellige og det Aller-helligste. / < 2MO 26, 6.>

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Hebrews 9:2–3
A tabernacle was prepared. In its first room were the lampstand, the table, and the consecrated bread. This was called the Holy Place.
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Leviticus 16:2
And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.
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Exodus 40:21
Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.
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Exodus 25:16
And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
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Genesis 9:4–5
But you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it.
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2 Chronicles 5:7–10
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
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1 Kings 8:6
Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
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Exodus 27:10
with twenty posts and twenty bronze bases, and silver hooks and bands on the posts.
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