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Exodus 40:3
3Put the Covenant Box in the tabernacle and hide it behind the special curtain.
Exodus 40:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
- New International Version (NIV)Place the ark of the covenant law in it and shield the ark with the curtain.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
- New King James Version (NKJV)You shall put in it the ark of the Testimony, and partition off the ark with the veil.
Context of Exodus 40:3
1Then the Lord said to Moses, 2‘On the first day of the first month, put up the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting. Put the Covenant Box in the tabernacle and hide it behind the special curtain. 4Bring in the special table and put the dishes on it. Then bring in the lampstand. Fix its lamps on it. 5Put the gold altar for incense in front of the Covenant Box. Hang the curtain that will be at the entrance to the tabernacle.
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וְשַׂמְתָּ֣ שָׁ֔ם אֵ֖ת אֲר֣וֹן הָעֵד֑וּת וְסַכֹּתָ֥ עַל־הָאָרֹ֖ן אֶת־הַפָּרֹֽכֶת׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Exodus 40:3
- Exodus 40:20Moses took the two flat stones with God's special commands on them. He put them inside the Covenant Box. He put the poles through the rings on the box. He put the special lid on top of the box.
- Exodus 25:10The Israelites must use acacia wood to make a big box. It must be 1 metre long, 75 centimetres wide and 75 centimetres high.
- Exodus 26:31Use blue, purple and red material and good linen to make a special curtain. A worker must use special skills to make pictures of cherubs on it.
- Exodus 35:12the Covenant Box, with its poles, its special lid and the curtain that hides it;
- Exodus 36:35The workers used blue, purple and red material, and good linen to make a special curtain. A worker used special skills to make pictures of cherubs on it.
- Exodus 37:1Bezalel used acacia wood to make the Covenant Box. It was 1 metre long, 75 centimetres wide and 75 centimetres high.
- Leviticus 16:14He must take with him blood from the bull. He must use his finger to shake the blood. He must shake it onto the lid of the Covenant Box. He must shake the blood in front of the lid of the Covenant Box. He must shake it seven times with his finger.
- Numbers 4:5When the people are ready to move, Aaron and his sons must go into the Tent of Meeting. They must take down the curtain that is in front of the Covenant Box. They must cover the Covenant Box with the curtain.
- Revelation 11:19Then the door of the temple in heaven became open. Inside it, I saw God's Covenant Box. There was a great storm with bright lightning and the loud noise of thunder. There was an earthquake and strong rain with stones of ice fell from the sky.
Commentaries on Exodus 40:3
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Testimony (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.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-382. On the first day of the first month--From a careful consideration of the incidents recorded to have happened after the exodus (Ex 12:2; 13:4; 19:1; 20:18; 34:28, &c.), it has been computed that the work of the tabernacle was commenced within six months after that emigration; and consequently, that other six months had been occupied in building it. So long a period spent in preparing the materials of a movable pavilion, it would be difficult to…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Exodus 40
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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