Exodus 26:34 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 26:34

Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְנָתַתָּ֙	ve.na.ta.Ta	and you will put	H5414 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַכַּפֹּ֔רֶת	ha.ka.Po.ret	the atonement cover	H3727 →
עַ֖ל	'al	on	H5921 →
אֲר֣וֹן	'a.Ron	[the] ark of	H727 →
הָעֵדֻ֑ת	ha.'e.Dut	the testimony	H5715 →
בְּקֹ֖דֶשׁ	be.Ko.desh	in [the] holy place of	H6944 →
הַקֳּדָשִֽׁים׃	ha.ko.da.Shim	the holy places	H6944 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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.
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…
- 1 Kings 8:6–7
  Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
- 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.
- Leviticus 16:13
  He is to put the incense on the fire before the LORD, and the cloud of incense will cover the mercy seat above the Testimony, so that he will not die.
Through
Exodus 25:21
Set the mercy seat atop the ark, and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
leads to
- Romans 10:4
  For Christ is the end of the law, to bring righteousness to everyone who believes.
- Exodus 25:16–17
  And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
Through
Exodus 40:20
Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.
leads to
- Exodus 16:34
  And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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