Bible verse
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.
Exodus 40:20 · BSB
The verses around it, from Exodus 40.
16 Moses did everything just as the LORD had commanded him.
17 So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month of the second year.
18 When Moses set up the tabernacle, he laid its bases, positioned its frames, inserted its crossbars, and set up its posts.
19 Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering over the tent, just as the LORD had commanded him.
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.
21 Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.
22 Moses placed the table in the Tent of Meeting on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the veil.
23 He arranged the bread on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded him.
24 He also placed the lampstand in the Tent of Meeting opposite the table on the south side of the tabernacle
KJV
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:
ASV
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark:
ERV
And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark:
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