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Deuteronomy 31:26

“Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.

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ASV

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

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
לָקֹ֗חַla.Ko.achtakeH3947 →
אֵ֣ת'et<obj.>H853 →
סֵ֤פֶרSe.fer[the] book ofH5612 →
הַתּוֹרָה֙ha.to.Rahthe lawH8451 →
הַזֶּ֔הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088 →
וְשַׂמְתֶּ֣םve.sam.Temand you will putH7760 →
אֹת֔וֹ'o.To<obj.> itH853 →
מִצַּ֛דmi.Tzadfrom [the] side ofH6654 →
אֲר֥וֹן'a.Ron[the] ark ofH727 →
בְּרִית־be.rit-[the] covenant ofH1285 →
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430 →
וְהָֽיָה־ve.ha.yah-and it will becomeH1961 →
שָׁ֥םshamthereH8033 →
בְּךָ֖be.Khaon <the> you
לְעֵֽד׃le.'Ed<into> a witnessH5707 →

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Exodus 25:16And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.1 Kings 8:21And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”Deuteronomy 31:19Now therefore, write down for yourselves this song and teach it to the Israelites; have them recite it, so that it may be a witness for Me against them.Genesis 31:44Come now, let us make a covenant, you and I, and let it serve as a witness between you and me.”Joshua 24:27And Joshua said to all the people, “You see this stone. It will be a witness against us, for it has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us, and it will be a witness against you if you ever deny your God.”1 Chronicles 15:29As the ark of the covenant of the LORD was entering the City of David, Saul’s daughter Michal looked down from a window and saw King David dancing and celebrating, and she despised him in her heart.Numbers 10:33So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a resting place for them.1 Samuel 4:3When the troops returned to the camp, the elders of Israel asked, “Why has the LORD brought defeat on us before the Philistines today? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh, so that it may go with us to save us from the hand of our enemies.”2 Kings 23:2And he went up to the house of the LORD with all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, as well as the priests and the prophets—all the people small and great—and in their hearing he read all the words of the Book of the Covenant that had been found in the house of the LORD.Joshua 3:14So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.Galatians 2:19For through the law I died to the law so that I might live to God.Romans 3:19–20Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.2 Kings 22:8–11Then Hilkiah the high priest said to Shaphan the scribe, “I have found the Book of the Law in the house of the LORD!” And he gave it to Shaphan, who read it.2 Kings 22:13–19“Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing all that is written about us.”1 Kings 8:9There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.2 Chronicles 34:14–15While they were bringing out the money that had been taken into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found the Book of the Law of the LORD written by Moses.

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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