'Ark of the Testimony' in the Bible
I will meet with you there, and from above the atonement lid, from between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will command you for the Israelites.
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.
You are to put the atonement lid on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place.
"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.
"With it you are to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony,
You are to beat some of it very fine and put some of it before the ark of the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you; it is to be most holy to you.
the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the atonement lid that is on it, all the furnishings of the tent,
the ark of the testimony and its poles, and the atonement lid;
You are to place the ark of the testimony in it and shield the ark with the special curtain.
You 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.
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.
He must then put the incense on the fire before the Lord, and the cloud of incense will cover the atonement plate which is above the ark of the testimony, so that he will not die.
When 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.
Now when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the atonement lid that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim. Thus he spoke to him.