⁴ Then you shall deposit them in the tent of meeting before the testimony, ^(A)where I meet with you.

⁷ And Moses deposited the staffs before the Lord in ^(A)the tent of the testimony.

³⁶ You shall beat some of it very small, and put part of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting ^(A)where I shall meet with you. ^(B)It shall be most holy for you.

⁶ And you shall put it in front of the veil that is above the ark of the testimony, in front of the ^(A)mercy seat that is above the testimony, where I will meet with you.

⁴² It shall be a ^(A)regular burnt offering throughout your generations at the entrance of the tent of meeting before the Lord, ^(B)where I will meet with you, to speak to you there. ⁴³ There I will meet with the people of Israel, and it shall be ^(C)sanctified by my glory.

^16 (A)And you shall put into the ark the ^(B)testimony that I shall give you.

^17 (C)“You shall make a mercy seat^[a] of pure gold. Two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth. ¹⁸ And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of ^(D)hammered work shall you make them, on the two ends of the mercy seat. ¹⁹ Make one cherub on the one end, and one cherub on the other end. ^(E)Of one piece with the mercy seat shall you make the cherubim on its two ends. ^20 (F)The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings, their faces one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubim be. ²¹ And you shall put the mercy seat on the top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I shall give you. ^22 (G)There I will meet with you, and from above the mercy seat, from ^(H)between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will give you in commandment for the people of Israel.