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Exodus 40:20

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:

KJV

Posuit et mensam in tabernaculo testimonii ad plagam septentrionalem extra velum,

Vulgate

Καὶ ἐπέθηκεν τὴν τράπεζαν εἰς τὴν σκηνὴν τοῦ μαρτυρίου ἐπὶ τὸ κλίτος τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου τὸ πρὸς βορρᾶν ἔξωθεν τοῦ καταπετάσματος τῆς σκηνῆς,

LXX

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:

ASV

וַ/יִּקַּ֞ח וַ/יִּתֵּ֤ן אֶת הָ/עֵדֻת֙ אֶל הָ֣/אָרֹ֔ן וַ/יָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת הַ/בַּדִּ֖ים עַל הָ/אָרֹ֑ן וַ/יִּתֵּ֧ן אֶת הַ/כַּפֹּ֛רֶת עַל הָ/אָרֹ֖ן מִ/לְ/מָֽעְלָ/ה

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

11 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲר֣וֹן
'rvn
noun · 202×
אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
ה
h
adverb · 140×
וֹ
v
noun · 198×
יִּקַּ֣ח
yqch
verb · 963×
יָּ֥שֶׂם
yshm
verb · 581×
ךָ
k
noun · 55×
כַּפֹּֽרֶת
kprt
noun · 27×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×

Historic Christian voices

3 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Kgs 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.
  • Deut 10:5 — And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the LORD commanded me.
  • Exod 16:34 — As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
  • Exod 16:34 — As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.
  • Exod 25:17 — 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.
  • Exod 26:34 — And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
  • Exod 32:15 — And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.
  • Exod 40:3 — And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
  • Heb 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;
  • Lev 16:2 — And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy place within the vail before the mercy seat, which is upon the ark; that he die not: for I will