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Exodus 40:3

1 And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.

And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.

4 And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.

5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.

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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
Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.
KJV
And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
WEB
You shall put the ark of the covenant in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
ASV
And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil.
DARBY
And thou shalt put in it the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil.
BLB
And you shall put there the ark of the Testimony, and you shall cover over the ark with the veil.
ÅB
Der skal du sette vitnesbyrdets ark og dekke for arken med forhenget.
OTB
Du skal plassere paktens ark inni det og dekke arken med forhenget.
B1930
Der skal du sette vidnesbyrdets ark og dekke for arken med forhenget.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • Exodus 35:12

    The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,

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  • Numbers 4:5

    And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:

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  • Revelation 11:19

    And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.

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  • Leviticus 16:14

    And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.

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  • Exodus 40:20–21

    And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:

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  • Exodus 25:22

    And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

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  • Exodus 25:10

    And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

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  • Exodus 26:31

    And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:

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