Exodus 40:3

Translations

Modern

Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.

Traditional

And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.

Literal

And you shall put there the ark of the Testimony, and you shall cover over the ark with the veil.

Latin

…et pones in eo arcam, dimittesque ante illam velum:

Original

Hebrew

English

Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.

Notes

Exodus 40:3

Testimony (Hebrew ‘eduth): This word refers especially to the covenant laws (stipulations, meaning the required commands).

A written copy of these laws was placed inside the ark. This copy served as a witness to the covenant that Israel had made with God.

Exodus 40:1–33

The report on setting up the Tent of Meeting starts with the Lord's commands (40:1–15). It continues with how Moses obeyed those commands (40:16–33).
The repeated statement that "Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded" (40:16, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 32) strongly contrasts with Aaron’s self-serving statement in 32:22–24. God wants to share his presence with us, but his holiness requires us to give up our own efforts to secure his presence and gifts.

Theme notes and profiles

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Exodus 35:12
…the ark with its poles and mercy seat, and the veil to shield it;
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Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.
Revelation 11:19
Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
Exodus 25:22
And I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony; I will speak with you about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.
Exodus 40:20–21
Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.
Leviticus 16:14
And he is to take some of the bull’s blood and sprinkle it with his finger on the east side of the mercy seat; then he shall sprinkle some of it with his finger seven times before the mercy seat.
Exodus 26:31
Make a veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
Exodus 36:35–36
Next, he made the veil of blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and finely spun linen, with cherubim skillfully worked into it.
Exodus 26:33–34
And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
Exodus 25:10
And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Exodus 37:1–9
Bezalel went on to construct the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.

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