Exodus 40:21

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, hung the protecting curtain, and shielded the ark of the testimony from view, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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Referenced Verses

  • Exod 26:33 : 33 You are to hang this curtain under the clasps and bring the ark of the testimony in there behind the curtain. The curtain will make a division for you between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place.
  • Exod 40:3 : 3 You are to place the ark of the testimony in it and shield the ark with the special curtain.
  • Exod 35:12 : 12 the ark, with its poles, the atonement lid, and the special curtain that conceals it;
  • Heb 10:19-20 : 19 Drawing Near to God in Enduring Faith Therefore, brothers and sisters, since we have confidence to enter the sanctuary by the blood of Jesus, 20 by the fresh and living way that he inaugurated for us through the curtain, that is, through his flesh,

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Exod 40:1-5
    5 verses
    88%

    1Setting Up the Sanctuary Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

    2“On the first day of the first month you are to set up the tabernacle, the tent of meeting.

    3You are to place the ark of the testimony in it and shield the ark with the special curtain.

    4You are to bring in the table and set out the things that belong on it; then you are to bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

    5You are to put the gold altar for incense in front of the ark of the testimony and put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

  • Exod 40:17-20
    4 verses
    85%

    17So the tabernacle was set up on the first day of the first month, in the second year.

    18When Moses set up the tabernacle and put its bases in place, he set up its frames, attached its bars, and set up its posts.

    19Then he spread the tent over the tabernacle and put the covering of the tent over it, as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    20He took the testimony and put it in the ark, attached the poles to the ark, and then put the atonement lid on the ark.

  • Exod 40:22-23
    2 verses
    81%

    22And he put the table in the tent of meeting, on the north side of the tabernacle, outside the curtain.

    23And he set the bread in order on it before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Exod 26:33-34
    2 verses
    80%

    33You are to hang this curtain under the clasps and bring the ark of the testimony in there behind the curtain. The curtain will make a division for you between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place.

    34You are to put the atonement lid on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place.

  • Num 4:5-6
    2 verses
    79%

    5When it is time for the camp to journey, Aaron and his sons must come and take down the screening curtain and cover the ark of the testimony with it.

    6Then they must put over it a covering of fine leather and spread over that a cloth entirely of blue, and then they must insert its poles.

  • Exod 40:28-29
    2 verses
    78%

    28Then he put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.

    29He also put the altar for the burnt offering by the entrance to the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, and offered on it the burnt offering and the meal offering, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

  • Exod 25:21
    78%

    21You are to put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and in the ark you are to put the testimony I am giving you.

  • Exod 35:12
    78%

    12the ark, with its poles, the atonement lid, and the special curtain that conceals it;

  • Exod 40:33-35
    3 verses
    77%

    33And he set up the courtyard around the tabernacle and the altar, and put the curtain at the gate of the courtyard. So Moses finished the work.

    34Then the cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

    35Moses was not able to enter the tent of meeting because the cloud settled on it and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle.

  • Exod 25:16
    76%

    16You are to put into the ark the testimony that I will give to you.

  • Exod 31:7
    76%

    7the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the atonement lid that is on it, all the furnishings of the tent,

  • Exod 39:32-35
    4 verses
    76%

    32Moses Inspects the Sanctuary So all the work of the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, was completed, and the Israelites did according to all that the LORD had commanded Moses– they did it exactly so.

    33They brought the tabernacle to Moses, the tent and all its furnishings, clasps, frames, bars, posts, and bases;

    34and the coverings of ram skins dyed red, the covering of fine leather, and the protecting curtain;

    35the ark of the testimony and its poles, and the atonement lid;

  • Exod 40:25-26
    2 verses
    76%

    25Then he set up the lamps before the LORD, just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

    26And he put the gold altar in the tent of meeting in front of the curtain,

  • 1 Kgs 8:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6The priests brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place, under the wings of the cherubim.

    7The cherubim’s wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.

  • Exod 30:6
    75%

    6“You are to put it in front of the curtain that is before the ark of the testimony(before the atonement lid that is over the testimony), where I will meet you.

  • Deut 31:25
    75%

    25he commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the LORD’s covenant,

  • Num 4:21
    75%

    21The Service of the Gershonites Then the LORD spoke to Moses:

  • 2 Chr 5:7-8
    2 verses
    74%

    7The priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its assigned place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, in the most holy place under the wings of the cherubim.

    8The cherubim’s wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubim overshadowed the ark and its poles.

  • 1 Kgs 6:19
    74%

    19He prepared the inner sanctuary inside the temple so that the ark of the covenant of the LORD could be placed there.

  • 2 Chr 1:4
    74%

    4(Now David had brought up the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim to the place he had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.

  • Lev 8:4
    74%

    4So Moses did just as the LORD commanded him, and the congregation assembled at the entrance of the Meeting Tent.

  • Exod 34:33-34
    2 verses
    74%

    33When Moses finished speaking with them, he would put a veil on his face.

    34But when Moses went in before the LORD to speak with him, he would remove the veil until he came out. Then he would come out and tell the Israelites what he had been commanded.

  • 1 Kgs 8:4
    73%

    4The priests and Levites carried the ark of the LORD, the tent of meeting, and all the holy items in the tent.

  • 2 Chr 5:10
    73%

    10There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb.(It was there that the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.)

  • Exod 16:34
    73%

    34Just as the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony for safekeeping.

  • Lev 9:5
    73%

    5So they took what Moses had commanded to the front of the Meeting Tent and the whole congregation presented them and stood before the LORD.

  • 1 Chr 15:15
    73%

    15The descendants of Levi carried the ark of God on their shoulders with poles, just as Moses had commanded in keeping with the LORD’s instruction.

  • 2 Chr 5:5
    72%

    5The priests and Levites carried the ark, the tent where God appeared to his people, and all the holy items in the tent.

  • 2 Chr 6:11
    72%

    11and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the LORD made with the Israelites.”

  • 1 Kgs 8:9
    72%

    9There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. It was there that the LORD made a covenant with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.