Exodus 26 · Verse 34

Exodus 26:34

And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
Exodus 26:34, King James Version

Exodus 26:34 in other translations

BSBPut the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.
WEBYou shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the covenant in the most holy place.
ASVAnd thou shalt put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
YLT‘And thou hast put the mercy-seat on the ark of the testimony, in the holy of holies.
DARBYAnd thou shalt put the mercy-seat on the ark of the testimony in the holiest of all.
BBEYou are to put the cover on the ark of the law, inside the most holy place.
WebsterAnd thou shalt put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony, in the most holy place.

What does Exodus 26:34 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 26:31-37

A vail, or curtain, separated the holy place from the most holy place. It was hung upon pillars. This vail was for a partition between the holy place and the most holy; which forbade any to look into the holiest of all. The apostle tells what was the meaning of this vail, He 9:8. That the ceremonial law could not make the comers thereunto perfect, nor would the observance of it bring men to heaven; the way into the…

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Exodus 26:34 in the original Hebrew

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וְנָתַתָּ֙ve.na.ta.Taand you will putH5414
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶתha.ka.Po.retthe atonement coverH3727
עַ֖ל'alonH5921
אֲר֣וֹן'a.Ron[the] ark ofH727
הָעֵדֻ֑תha.'e.Dutthe testimonyH5715
בְּקֹ֖דֶשׁbe.Ko.deshin [the] holy place ofH6944
הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים\׃ha.ko.da.Shimthe holy placesH6944

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

Cross references for Exodus 26:34

  • Exodus 40:20

    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:

  • Exodus 25:21

    And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

  • Hebrews 9:5

    And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

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put the mercy seat.
25:21; 40:20; Heb 9:5

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Context

  • Exodus 26:33

    And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy.

  • Exodus 26:34

    And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

  • Exodus 26:35

    And thou shalt set the table without the vail, and the candlestick over against the table on the side of the tabernacle toward the south: and thou shalt put the table on the north side.

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Exodus 26:34 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y pondrás la cubierta sobre el arca del testimonio en el lugar santísimo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tu mettras le propitiatoire sur l’arche du témoignage, dans le lieu très saint.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und lege den Deckel auf die Lade des Zeugnisses im Allerheiligsten.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Pones et propitiatorium super arcam testimonii in Sancto sanctorum,