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Exodus 39:35

in Exodus 39

the ark of the Testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

the ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy-seat;

KJV

The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,

This verse in Exodus 39

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

they brought the tabernacle unto Moses

on Exodus 39:33-41

Everything made is carried to Moses and listed piece by piece, from the tent and its boards through the ark and the mercy seat to the table, the candlestick, the two altars, the laver and the court. John Gill reads the bringing as an inspection, so that Moses could see whether the work matched the pattern he was shown in the mount and the instructions he had given the workmen. The inventory closes on the cloths of service and the holy garments for Aaron, which is where the chapter began at verse 1.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

His institutions neither need nor admit men's inventions to make them either more beautiful or more likely to answer the intention of them. Add thou not unto his words. God is pleased with willing worship, but not with will-worship.

The words behind it

7 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H85310935 times

  • אֲרֹ֥ן[the] ark of

    ʾaronH727202 times

  • הָעֵדֻ֖תthe testimony

    haedutH571559 times

  • וְאֶת־and <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • בַּדָּ֑יוpoles its

    badavH905200 times

  • וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>

    veetH85310935 times

  • הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃the atonement cover

    hakaporetH372727 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Hebrews 9:8

    By this arrangement the Holy Spirit was showing that the way into the Most Holy Place had not yet been disclosed as long as the first tabernacle was still standing.

    it leads to

    • John 14:6

      Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

    • Hebrews 3:7

      Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: “Today, if you hear His voice,

    • John 10:9

      I am the gate. If anyone enters through Me, he will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture.

    • Hebrews 10:19–22

      Therefore, brothers, since we have confidence to enter the Most Holy Place by the blood of Jesus,

    • Ephesians 2:18

      For through Him we both have access to the Father by one Spirit.

  • Through

    Hebrews 9:5

    Above the ark were the cherubim of glory, overshadowing the mercy seat. But we cannot discuss these things in detail now.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 7:89

      When Moses entered the Tent of Meeting to speak with the LORD, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony.…

    • Leviticus 16:2

      And the LORD said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron not to enter freely into the Most Holy Place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark, or else he…

    • Exodus 25:17–22

      And you are to construct a mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.

Where this verse is studied

On this page

About Exodus

The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Giving of the Law on Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.