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 tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall keep it in order from evening to morning before the LORD; it shall be a perpetual statute throughout their generations for the sons of Israel.
"You shall put this altar in front of the veil that is near the ark of the testimony, in front of the mercy seat that is over the ark of the testimony, where I will meet with you.
This is the number of the things for the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, as they were numbered according to the command of Moses, for the service of the Levites, by the hand of Ithamar the son of Aaron the priest.
"You shall place the ark of the testimony there, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.
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