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]atoning cover ^[c]on top of the ark.

² Then ^(A)I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets which you smashed to pieces, 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 the Lord your God, so that it may ^[a]remain there as a witness against you.

^9 (A)There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, where ^(B)the Lord made 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, ^(D)Aaron’s staff which budded, and ^(E)the tablets of the covenant;