³⁴ As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before ^(A)the testimony to be kept.

^21 (A)In the tent of meeting, ^(B)outside the veil that is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening to morning before the Lord. It shall be a statute forever to be observed throughout their generations by the people of Israel.

²¹ And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you.

^16 (A)And you shall put into the ark the ^(B)testimony that I shall give you.

¹⁰ And the Lord said to Moses, “Put back ^(A)the staff of Aaron before the testimony, to be kept ^(B)as a sign for the rebels, ^(C)that you may make an end of their grumblings against me, lest they die.”

²⁰ He ^(A)took the testimony and put it into the ark, and put the poles on the ark and set the mercy seat above on the ark.

³⁶ You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting ^(A)where I shall meet with you. ^(B)It shall be most holy for you.

⁶ And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the ^(A)mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you.

⁹ There was nothing in the ark except ^(A)the two tablets of stone that Moses put there at Horeb, where ^(B)the Lord made a covenant with the people of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

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