⁵ Then I turned and ^(A)came down from the mountain, and ^(B)put the tablets in the ark which I had made; ^(C)and there they are, just as the Lord commanded me.”

²⁰ He took ^(A)the Testimony and put it into the ark, inserted the poles through the rings of the ark, and put the mercy seat on top of the ark.

The Shining Face of Moses

²⁹ Now it was so, when Moses came down from Mount Sinai (and the ^(A)two tablets of the Testimony were in Moses’ hand when he came down from the mountain), that Moses did not know that ^(B)the skin of his face shone while he talked with Him.

⁸ The poles ^(A)extended so that the ^[a]ends of the poles could be seen from the holy place, in front of the inner sanctuary; but they could not be seen from outside. And they are there to this day. ^9 (B)Nothing was in the ark ^(C)except the two tablets of stone which Moses ^(D)put there at Horeb, ^(E)when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

⁹ Then Joshua set up twelve stones in the midst of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood; and they are there to this day.

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

^15 (A)“So I turned and came down from the mountain, and ^(B)the mountain burned with fire; and the two tablets of the covenant were in my two hands.

¹⁵ And ^(A)Moses turned and went down from the mountain, and the two tablets of the Testimony were in his hand. The tablets were written on both sides; on the one side and on the other they were written.

¹⁶ And you shall put into the ark ^(A)the Testimony which I will give you.