Exodus - 40:3



3 You shall put the ark of the testimony in it, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.

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And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and thou shalt screen the ark with the veil.
And shalt put the ark in it, and shalt let down the veil before it:
And thou shalt put in it the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil.
and hast set there the ark of the testimony, and hast covered over the ark with the vail,
And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it.
You shall put the ark of the testimony in it, and you shall veil the ark with the curtain.
and you shall place the ark in it, and you shall release the veil before it.
Et pones ibi arcam testimonii quam teges velo.

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Historical Commentaries

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And thou shall put therein the ark of the testimony,.... The ark or chest where the law was, a testimony of the divine will, and which was to be put into the most holy place of the tabernacle:
and cover the ark with the vail; not with the propitiatory or mercy seat, as the Targum of Jonathan; for though that was a covering or lid to the ark, yet not a vail; this was the vail that divided between the holy place and the most holy, and so covered or hid the ark from the sight even of the priests that went into the holy place.

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