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Hebrews 9:4

containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.

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ASV

having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was a golden pot holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

KJV

Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;

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χρυσοῦνchrusoun[the] goldenG5552 →
ἔχουσαechousahavingG2192 →
θυμιατήριονthumiatērionaltar of incenseG2369 →
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τὴνtēntheG3588 →
κιβωτὸνkibōtonarkG2787 →
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διαθήκηςdiathēkēscovenantG1242 →
περικεκαλυμμένηνperikekalummenēncovered aroundG4028 →
πάντοθενpantothenin every partG3840 →
χρυσίῳ,chrusiōwith gold,G5553 →
ἐνeninG1722 →
ᾗhēwhichG3739 →
στάμνοςstamnos[was the] jarG4713 →
χρυσῆchrusēgoldenG5552 →
ἔχουσαechousahavingG2192 →
τὸtotheG3588 →
μάνναmannamannaG3131 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
ἡhētheG3588 →
ῥάβδοςrhabdosstaffG4464 →
ἈαρὼνAarōnof AaronG2 →
ἡhēwhichG3588 →
βλαστήσασαblastēsasahaving buddedG985 →
καὶkaiandG2532 →
αἱhaitheG3588 →
πλάκεςplakestabletsG4109 →
τῆςtēsof theG3588 →
διαθήκης·diathēkēscovenant;G1242 →

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Numbers 17:10The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”Leviticus 16:12Then he must take a censer full of burning coals from the altar before the LORD, and two handfuls of finely ground fragrant incense, and take them inside the veil.Exodus 26:33And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.Exodus 40:3Put the ark of the Testimony in it and screen off the ark with the veil.2 Chronicles 5:10There was nothing in the ark except the two 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 Egypt.Exodus 16:33So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.”Exodus 24:12Then the LORD said to Moses, “Come up to Me on the mountain and stay here, so that I may give you the tablets of stone, with the law and commandments I have written for their instruction.”Exodus 25:10And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.Exodus 16:32–34Moses said, “This is what the LORD has commanded: ‘Keep an omer of manna for the generations to come, so that they may see the bread I fed you in the wilderness when I brought you out of the land of Egypt.’”Exodus 40:20–21Moses took the Testimony and placed it in the ark, attaching the poles to the ark; and he set the mercy seat atop the ark.Numbers 17:5The staff belonging to the man I choose will sprout, and I will rid Myself of the constant grumbling of the Israelites against you.”Exodus 34:29And when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the Testimony in his hands, he was unaware that his face had become radiant from speaking with the LORD.Exodus 25:16And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.Deuteronomy 10:2–5And I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke; and you are to place them in the ark.”Numbers 17:8The next day Moses entered the Tent of the Testimony and saw that Aaron’s staff, representing the house of Levi, had sprouted, put forth buds, blossomed, and produced almonds.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.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.”1 Kings 7:50the pure gold basins, wick trimmers, sprinkling bowls, ladles, and censers; and the gold hinges for the doors of the inner temple (that is, the Most Holy Place) as well as for the doors of the main hall of the temple.

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