² I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Then you are to put them in the ark.”^(A)

⁹ There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets^(A) that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites after they came out of Egypt.

⁴ which had the golden altar of incense^(A) and the gold-covered ark of the covenant.^(B) This ark contained the gold jar of manna,^(C) Aaron’s staff that had budded,^(D) and the stone tablets of the covenant.^(E)

⁵ Then I came back down the mountain^(A) and put the tablets in the ark^(B) I had made,^(C) as the Lord commanded me, and they are there now.^(D)

¹³ He declared to you his covenant,^(A) the Ten Commandments,^(B) which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets.

²⁰ He took the tablets of the covenant law^(A) and placed them in the ark,^(B) attached the poles to the ark and put the atonement cover^(C) over it.

¹⁶ Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law,^(A) which I will give you.

¹⁷ “Make an atonement cover^(B) of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. ¹⁸ And make two cherubim^(C) out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. ¹⁹ Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends. ²⁰ The cherubim^(D) are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing^(E) the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover. ²¹ Place the cover on top of the ark^(F) and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law^(G) that I will give you. ²² There, above the cover between the two cherubim^(H) that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet^(I) with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.^(J)