⁴ Place them in the tent of meeting before the covenant, where I meet with you.^(A)

⁷ So Moses placed the staffs before the Lord in the tent of the covenant.^(A)

³⁶ and you shall beat some of it into powder and put part of it before the covenant in the tent of meeting, where I shall meet with you; it shall be most holy for you.^(A)

⁶ You shall place it in front of the curtain that is above the ark of the covenant, in front of the cover that is over the covenant, where I will meet with you.^(A)

⁴² It shall be a regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, where I will meet with you, to speak to you there.^{(A) 43} I will meet with the Israelites there, and it shall be sanctified by my glory;^(B)

¹⁶ You shall put the covenant that I am giving you into the ark.^(A)

¹⁷ “Then you shall make a cover of pure gold; two cubits and a half shall be its length and a cubit and a half its width.^{(B) 18} You shall make two cherubim of gold; you shall make them of hammered work at the two ends of the cover. ¹⁹ Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other; of one piece with the cover you shall make the cherubim at its two ends. ²⁰ The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the cover with their wings. They shall face one to another; the faces of the cherubim shall be turned toward the cover.^{(C) 21} You shall put the cover on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I am giving you.^{(D) 22} There I will meet with you, and from above the cover, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the covenant, I will tell you all that I am commanding you for the Israelites.^(E)