Exodus 40:3
And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
Exodus 40:3 in other translations
| BSB | Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil. |
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| WEB | You shall put the ark of the covenant in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil. |
| ASV | And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil. |
| YLT | and hast set there the ark of the testimony, and hast covered over the ark with the vail, |
| DARBY | And thou shalt put in it the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil. |
| BBE | And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it. |
| Webster | And thou shalt put in it the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail. |
What does Exodus 40:3 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Exodus 40:1-15
When a new year begins, we should seek to serve God better than the year before. In half a year the tabernacle was completed. When the hearts of numbers are earnest in a good cause, much may be done in a short time; and when the commandments of God are continually attended to, as the rule of working, all will be done well. The high-priesthood was in the family of Aaron till Christ came, and in Him, the substance of…
Exodus 40:3 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Exodus 40:3
- Exodus 35:12
The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,
- Numbers 4:5
And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it:
- Revelation 11:19
And the temple of God was opened in heaven, and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament: and there were lightnings, and voices, and thunderings, and an earthquake, and great hail.
- Leviticus 16:14
And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy seat eastward; and before the mercy seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times.
- Exodus 40:20-21
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: And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the Lord commanded Moses.
- Exodus 25:22
And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
- Exodus 25:10
And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
- Exodus 26:31
And thou shalt make a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen of cunning work: with cherubims shall it be made:
- Exodus 37:1-9
And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it: And he overlaid it with pure gold within and without, and made a crown of gold to it round about. And he cast for it four rings of gold, to be set by the four corners of it; even two rings upon the one side of it, and two rings upon the other side of it. And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold. …
- Exodus 26:33-34
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. And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
- Exodus 36:35-36
And he made a vail of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen: with cherubims made he it of cunning work. And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.
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Context
- Exodus 40:2
On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
- Exodus 40:3
And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
- Exodus 40:4
And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof.
Exodus 40:3 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y pondrás en él el arca del testimonio, y la cubrirás con el velo: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et tu y placeras l’arche du témoignage, et tu couvriras l’arche avec le voile. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und du sollst die Lade des Zeugnisses dareinstellen und die Lade mit dem Vorhang verdecken. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et pones in eo arcam, dimittesque ante illam velum: |