And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
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Gill's Exposition
And he put the table in the tent of the congregation,.... In the holy place; for there the shewbread table, which is here meant, was put:
upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail;…
Barnes' Notes
The testimony - i. e. the tables of stone with the Ten Commandments engraved on them Exo 25:16; Exo 31:18. Nothing else is said to have been put into the ark. These were found there by themselves in…
Adam Clarke
And put the testimony into the ark - That is, the two tables on which the ten commandments had been written. See Exo 25:16. The ark, the golden table with the shew-bread, the golden candlestick, and…
When the tabernacle and the furniture of it were prepared, they did not put off the rearing of it till they came to Canaan, though they now hoped to be there very shortly; but, in obedience to the…
Cambridge Bible
See Exo 25:16; Exo 25:21 b; Exo 25:14-15; Exo 25:21 a. For the -testimony" (i.e. the tables of stone with the Decalogue), see on Exo 25:16.
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