having the golden (A)altar of incense and (B)the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was (C)a golden urn holding the manna, and (D)Aaron's staff that budded, and (E)the tablets of the covenant.

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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.”

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

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And the staff of the man (A)whom I choose shall sprout. Thus I will make to cease from me (B)the grumblings of the people of Israel, which they grumble against you.”

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12 And he shall take (A)a censer full of coals of fire from the altar before the Lord, and two handfuls of sweet incense beaten small, and he shall bring it inside the veil

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And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall (A)screen the ark with the veil.

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33 And you shall hang (A)the veil from the clasps, and bring (B)the ark of the testimony in there within the veil. And the veil shall separate for you the Holy Place from the Most Holy.

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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. 21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle and (B)set up the veil of the screen, and screened (C)the ark of the testimony, as the Lord had commanded Moses.

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The Shining Face of Moses

29 When Moses came down from Mount Sinai, with (A)the two tablets of the testimony in his hand as he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face (B)shone because he had been talking with God.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 34:29 Hebrew him

32 Moses said, “This is what the Lord has commanded: ‘Let an omer of it be kept throughout your generations, so that they may see the bread with which I fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’” 33 And Moses said to Aaron, “Take a (A)jar, and put an omer of manna in it, and place it before the Lord to be kept throughout your generations.” 34 As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before (B)the testimony to be kept.

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And another angel came and stood (A)at the altar with a golden censer, and he was given much incense to offer with (B)the prayers of all the saints on (C)the golden altar before the throne,

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21 And there I have provided a place for the ark, (A)in which is the covenant of the Lord that he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.”

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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.

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50 the cups, snuffers, basins, dishes for incense, and (A)fire pans, of pure gold; and the sockets of gold, for the doors of the innermost part of the house, (B)the Most Holy Place, and for the doors of the nave of the temple.

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And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you broke, and (A)you shall put them in the ark.’ So I made an ark (B)of acacia wood, and (C)cut two tablets of stone like the first, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hand. And (D)he wrote on the tablets, in the same writing as before, the Ten Commandments[a] (E)that the Lord had spoken to you on the mountain out of the midst of the fire (F)on the day of the assembly. And the Lord gave them to me. Then I turned and (G)came down from the mountain and (H)put the tablets in the ark that I had made. (I)And there they are, as the Lord commanded me.”

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  1. Deuteronomy 10:4 Hebrew the ten words

The Lord sends forth (A)from Zion
    (B)your mighty scepter.
    (C)Rule in the midst of your enemies!
(D)Your people will (E)offer themselves freely
    on the day of your (F)power,[a]
    in (G)holy garments;[b]
from the womb of the morning,
    the dew of your youth will be yours.[c]

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  1. Psalm 110:3 Or on the day you lead your forces
  2. Psalm 110:3 Masoretic Text; some Hebrew manuscripts and Jerome on the holy mountains
  3. Psalm 110:3 The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain

On the next day Moses went into the tent of the testimony, and behold, the staff of Aaron for the house of Levi had sprouted and put forth buds and produced blossoms, and it bore ripe almonds.

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35 the ark of the testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;

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Making the Ark

37 (A)Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Two cubits[a] and a half was its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold around it. And he cast for it four rings of gold for its (B)four feet, two rings on its one side and two rings on its other side. And he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.

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  1. Exodus 37:1 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

The Altar of Incense

30 (A)“You shall make (B)an altar on which to burn incense; you shall make it of acacia wood. A cubit[a] shall be its length, and a cubit its breadth. It shall be square, and two cubits shall be its height. (C)Its horns shall be of one piece with it. You shall (D)overlay it with pure gold, its top and around its sides and its horns. And you shall make a molding of gold around it. And you shall make two golden rings for it. Under its molding on two opposite sides of it you shall make them, and they shall be (E)holders for poles with which to carry it. You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

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  1. Exodus 30:2 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters

The Ark of the Covenant

10 (A)“They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Two cubits[a] and a half shall be its length, a cubit and a half its breadth, and a cubit and a half its height. 11 You shall overlay it with (B)pure gold, inside and outside shall you overlay it, and you shall make on it a molding of gold around it. 12 You shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its (C)four feet, two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it. 13 You shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 14 And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark by them. 15 The (D)poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it. 16 (E)And you shall put into the ark the (F)testimony that I shall give you.

17 (G)“You shall make a mercy seat[b] of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. 18 And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of (H)hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat. 19 Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. (I)Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends. 20 (J)The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. 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. 22 (K)There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from (L)between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 25:10 A cubit was about 18 inches or 45 centimeters
  2. Exodus 25:17 Or cover

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