²⁰ Then he took ^(A)the testimony and put it into the ark and ^[a]attached the poles to the ark and put the ^[b]mercy seat ^[c]on top of the ark.

^2 (A)And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the former tablets which you shattered, and ^(B)you shall put them in the ark.’

²⁶ “Take this book of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of Yahweh your God, that it may be there as a witness against you.

^9 (A)There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses laid there at Horeb, where ^(B)Yahweh cut a covenant with the sons of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

⁴ having a golden ^[a](A)altar of incense and ^(B)the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was ^(C)a golden jar holding the manna, and ^(D)Aaron’s rod which budded, and ^(E)the tablets of the covenant.