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Exodus 40

Ex. 40:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And thou shalt put
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
therein
sham (Hebrew #8033)
there (transferring to time) then; often thither, or thence
KJV usage: in it, + thence, there (-in, + of, + out), + thither, + whither.
Pronounce: shawm
Origin: a primitive particle (rather from the relative pronoun, 834)
the ark
'arown (Hebrew #727)
from 717 (in the sense of gathering); a box
KJV usage: ark, chest, coffin.
Pronounce: aw-rone'
Origin: or laron {aw-rone'}
of the testimony
`eduwth (Hebrew #5715)
testimony
KJV usage: testimony, witness.
Pronounce: ay-dooth'
Origin: feminine of 5707
, and cover
cakak (Hebrew #5526)
a primitive root; properly, to entwine as a screen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect
KJV usage: cover, defence, defend, hedge in, join together, set, shut up.
Pronounce: saw-kak'
Origin: or sakak (Exod. 33:22) {saw-kak'}
the ark
'arown (Hebrew #727)
from 717 (in the sense of gathering); a box
KJV usage: ark, chest, coffin.
Pronounce: aw-rone'
Origin: or laron {aw-rone'}
with the vail
poreketh (Hebrew #6532)
a separatrix, i.e. (the sacred) screen
KJV usage: vail.
Pronounce: po-reh'-keth
Origin: feminine active participle of the same as 6531
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Testimony,
Vail; Veil

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Ex. 40:20‑21• 20And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and put the staves in the ark, and put the mercy-seat above on the ark.
 21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and hung up the veil of separation, and covered the ark of the testimony; as Jehovah had commanded Moses. (Ex. 40:20‑21)
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Ex. 25:10,22• 10And they shall make an ark of acacia-wood; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
 22And there will I meet with thee, and will speak with thee from above the mercy-seat, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, everything that I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel. (Ex. 25:10,22)
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Ex. 26:31,33‑34• 31And thou shalt make a veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus; of artistic work shall it be made, with cherubim.
 33And thou shalt bring the veil under the clasps, and bring in thither, inside the veil, the ark of the testimony; and the curtain shall make a division to you between the holy place and the holiest of all.
 34And thou shalt put the mercy-seat on the ark of the testimony in the holiest of all. (Ex. 26:31,33‑34)
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Ex. 35:12• 12the ark, and its staves; the mercy-seat, and the veil of separation; (Ex. 35:12)
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Ex. 36:35‑36• 35And he made the veil of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and twined byssus: of artistic work he made it with cherubim.
 36And he made four pillars of acacia -wood for it, and overlaid them with gold; their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four bases of silver. (Ex. 36:35‑36)
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Ex. 37:1‑9• 1And Bezaleel made the ark of acacia-wood; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
 2And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a border of gold upon it round about.
 3And he cast for it four rings of gold, for its four corners: two rings on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
 4And he made staves of acacia-wood and overlaid them with gold.
 5And he put the staves into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.
 6—And he made a mercy-seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half the length thereof, and one cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
 7And he made two cherubim of gold; of beaten work did he make them, at the two ends of the mercy-seat;
 8one cherub at the end of one side, and one cherub at the end of the other side; out of the mercy-seat he made the two cherubim at the two ends thereof.
 9And the cherubim spread out their wings over it, covering over with their wings the mercy-seat; and their faces were opposite to one another: the faces of the cherubim were turned toward the mercy-seat. (Ex. 37:1‑9)
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Lev. 16:14• 14And he shall take of the blood of the bullock, and sprinkle it with his finger upon the mercy-seat eastward; and before the mercy-seat shall he sprinkle of the blood with his finger seven times. (Lev. 16:14)
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Num. 4:5• 5When the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering veil, and cover the ark of testimony with it: (Num. 4:5)
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Rev. 11:19• 19And there was opened the temple of God [that is] in the heaven, and there was seen the ark of his covenant in his temple; and there were lightnings and voices and thunders [and an earthquake] and great hail. (Rev. 11:19)
• The ark of the testimony, after the setting up of the Tabernacle, is first put into its place—that which specially distinguished the Tabernacle as God’s sanctuary, seeing that the ark was His throne on the earth. Then the ark was covered with the veil; that is, shut off from view. This formed the holy of holies. (“Devotedness and Obedience: Exodus 35-40” by E. Dennett)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And thou shalt put in it the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil.

W. Kelly Translation

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And thou shalt put in it the ark of the testimony, and shalt cover the ark with the veil.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)