the tabernacle, the great glory of which was that it contained "the testimony", i.e., the "two tables" (Ex 38:21). The ark in which these tables were deposited was called the "ark of the testimony" (Ex 40:3), and also simply the "testimony" (Ex 27:21; 30:6).
In the tabernacle of the congregation without the vail, which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall order it from evening to morning before the LORD: it shall be a statute for ever unto their generations on the behalf of the children of Israel.
And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.
This is the sum of the tabernacle, even of the tabernacle of testimony, as it was counted, according to the commandment of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar, son to Aaron the priest.
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