⁴ Place these staffs in the Tabernacle in front of the Ark containing the tablets of the Covenant,^[a] where I meet with you.

⁷ Moses placed the staffs in the Lord’s presence in the Tabernacle of the Covenant.^[a]

³⁶ Grind some of the mixture into a very fine powder and put it in front of the Ark of the Covenant,^[a] where I will meet with you in the Tabernacle. You must treat this incense as most holy.

⁶ Place the incense altar just outside the inner curtain that shields the Ark of the Covenant,^[a] in front of the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—that covers the tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant.^[b] I will meet with you there.

⁴² “These burnt offerings are to be made each day from generation to generation. Offer them in the Lord’s presence at the Tabernacle entrance; there I will meet with you and speak with you. ⁴³ I will meet the people of Israel there, in the place made holy by my glorious presence.

¹⁶ When the Ark is finished, place inside it the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant,^[a] which I will give to you.

¹⁷ “Then make the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It must be 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.^{[b] 18} Then make two cherubim from hammered gold, and place them on the two ends of the atonement cover. ¹⁹ Mold the cherubim on each end of the atonement cover, making it all of one piece of gold. ²⁰ The cherubim will face each other and look down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they will protect it. ²¹ Place inside the Ark the stone tablets inscribed with the terms of the covenant, which I will give to you. Then put the atonement cover on top of the Ark. ²² I will meet with you there and talk to you from above the atonement cover between the gold cherubim that hover over the Ark of the Covenant.^[c] From there I will give you my commands for the people of Israel.