Moses turned and went down from the mountain with the two tablets of the testimony in his hands. The tablets were written on both sides -- they were written on the front and on the back.

Now when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the testimony in his hand -- when he came down from the mountain, Moses did not know that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.

Put the

I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the first tablets you broke, and you must put them into the ark."

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

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

There they

Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan in the very place where the priests carrying the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this very day.

The poles were so long their ends were visible from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from beyond that point. They have remained there to this very day.

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

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