Exodus 39:35
in Exodus 39the ark of the Testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;
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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,
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This verse in Exodus 39
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
Then they brought the tabernacle to Moses
on Exodus 39:33-41
Everything is carried to Moses and listed piece by piece, from the tent to the courtyard. John Gill reads the bringing as an inspection, so Moses could see whether the work matched the pattern shown on the mountain. The list closes on the woven garments, where the chapter began.
This site's exposition
with its poles and the mercy seat
Exodus 25:21 ordered the mercy seat set on top of the ark and the Testimony put inside. Here the parts arrive apart, and John Gill notes that everything was brought before it was put together. Moses joins them at Exodus 40:20.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
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 wordsEvery 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.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| אֲרֹ֥ן | ʾaron | [the] ark of | H727 → | 202 times |
| הָעֵדֻ֖ת | haedut | the testimony | H5715 → | 59 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בַּדָּ֑יו | badav | poles its | H905 → | 200 times |
| וְאֵ֖ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃ | hakaporet | the atonement cover | H3727 → | 27 times |
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
אֲרֹ֥ן[the] ark of
ʾaronH727 →202 times
הָעֵדֻ֖תthe testimony
haedutH5715 →59 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
בַּדָּ֑יוpoles its
badavH905 →200 times
וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַכַּפֹּֽרֶת׃the atonement cover
hakaporetH3727 →27 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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 9:8By 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.
- John 14:6
Through
Hebrews 9:5Above 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.
- Numbers 7:89
Where this verse is studied
About Exodus
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.