Exodus 25 · Verse 16

Exodus 25:16

And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
Exodus 25:16, King James Version

Exodus 25:16 in other translations

BSBAnd place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
WEBYou shall put the covenant which I shall give you into the ark.
ASVAnd thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
YLTand thou hast put unto the ark the testimony which I give unto thee.
DARBYAnd thou shalt put into the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.
BBEInside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you.
WebsterAnd thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

What does Exodus 25:16 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
16. the testimony--that is, the two tables of stone, containing the ten commandments, and called "the testimony," because by it God did testify His sovereign authority over Israel as His people, His selection of them as the guardians of His will and worship, and His displeasure in the event of their transgressing His laws; while on their part, by receiving and depositing this law in its appointed place, they testified their acknowledgment of God's right to rule over them, and their submission to the authority of His law. The superb and elaborate style of the ark that contained "the testimony" was emblematic of the great treasure it held; in other words, the incomparable value and excellence of the Word of God, while its being placed in this chest further showed the great care which God has ever taken for preserving it.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 16 The testimony - The two tables of stone which were not yet given; these tables were called עדת eduth, from עד forward, onward, to bear witness to or of a person or thing. Not only the tables of stone, but all the contents of the ark, Aaron's rod, the pot of manna, the holy anointing oil, etc., bore testimony to the Messiah in his prophetic, sacerdotal, and regal offices.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 25:10-22

The ark was a chest, overlaid with gold, in which the two tables of the law were to be kept. These tables are called the testimony; God in them testified his will. This law was a testimony to the Israelites, to direct them in their duty, and would be a testimony against them, if they transgressed. This ark was placed in the holy of holies; the blood of the sacrifices was sprinkled, and the incense burned, before it…

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Exodus 25:16 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְנָתַתָּ֖ve.na.ta.Taand you will putH5414
אֶל\־'el-intoH413
הָאָרֹ֑ןha.'a.Ronthe arkH727
אֵ֚ת'et<obj.>H853
הָעֵדֻ֔תha.'e.Dutthe testimonyH5715
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
אֶתֵּ֖ן'e.TenI will giveH5414
אֵלֶֽיךָ\׃'e.Lei.khato youH413

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Exodus 25:16

  • Deuteronomy 31:26

    Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.

  • 1 Kings 8:9

    There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the Lord made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

  • Hebrews 9:4

    Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

  • Exodus 16:34

    As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

  • Exodus 27:21

    In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the Lord: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.

  • Exodus 31:18

    And he gave unto Moses, when he had made an end of communing with him upon mount Sinai, two tables of testimony, tables of stone, written with the finger of God.

  • 2 Kings 11:12

    And he brought forth the king’s son, and put the crown upon him, and gave him the testimony; and they made him king, and anointed him; and they clapped their hands, and said, God save the king.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:14-15

    And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the Lord given by Moses. And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the Lord. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

  • Numbers 17:4

    And thou shalt lay them up in the tabernacle of the congregation before the testimony, where I will meet with you.

  • Deuteronomy 10:2-5

    And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark. And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand. And he wrote on the tables, according to the first writing, the ten commandments, which the Lord spake unto you in the mount out of the midst of the fire in the day of the assembly: and the Lord gave them unto me. And I turned myself and came down from the mount, and put the tables in the ark which I had made; and there they be, as the Lord commanded me.

  • Exodus 32:15

    And Moses turned, and went down from the mount, and the two tables of the testimony were in his hand: the tables were written on both their sides; on the one side and on the other were they written.

  • Exodus 30:36

    And thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
16:34; 27:21; 30:6,36; 31:18; 32:15; 34:29; 38:21; Nu 17:4
De 10:2-5; 31:26; 1Ki 8:9; 2Ki 11:12; 2Ch 34:14,15; Ac 7:44; Ro 3:2
Heb 9:4

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Context

  • Exodus 25:15

    The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

  • Exodus 25:16

    And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

  • Exodus 25:17

    And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

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Exodus 25:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y pondrás en el arca el testimonio que yo te daré.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et tu mettras dans l’arche le témoignage que je te donnerai.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und lege in die Lade das Zeugnis, das ich dir geben werde.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ponesque in arca testificationem quam dabo tibi.