Exodus 26:34

Verse

Berean Standard Bible

Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.

American Standard Version (1901)

And thou shalt put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

Bible in Basic English

You are to put the cover on the ark of the law, inside the most holy place.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And thou shalt set the propitiatory upon the ark of the testimony in the holy of holies.

Free Bible Version

Put the atonement cover on the Ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.

Geneva Bible 1599

Also thou shalt put ye Mercy seate vpon the Arke of the testimonie in the most Holy place.

King James (Authorized) Version

And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

One Unity Resource Bible

You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

Translation for Translators

On top of the chest in the Very Holy Place they must put the lid which will be the place where blood will be sprinkled to forgive people’s sins.

Unlocked Literal Bible

You must put the atonement lid on the ark of the testimony, which is in the most holy place.

Noah Webster Bible

And thou shalt put the mercy-seat upon the ark of the testimony, in the most holy place.

World English Bible

You shall put the mercy seat on the ark of the covenant in the most holy place.

Young's Literal Translation

'And thou hast put the mercy-seat on the ark of the testimony, in the holy of holies.

Context

The Veil

³³And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.³⁴Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.³⁵And place the table outside the veil on the north side of the tabernacle, and put the lampstand opposite the table, on the south side.

Summary

This verse describes the innermost sanctuary of the tabernacle, known as the Most Holy Place, where the Ark of the Covenant was to be placed. The curtain separating this sacred space from the Holy Place symbolizes the separation between God's holiness and humanity's sinfulness. The Ark of the Covenant, representing God's presence among His people, was to be housed in this inner sanctuary, emphasizing the importance of His dwelling with them. The detailed instructions for the tabernacle's construction highlight the reverence and care required in approaching the Almighty God.

Commentary

John Gill

John Gill Bible Commentary

And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood,.... One at each corner of the entrance into the tabernacle, and the other three at a proper distance from each other, so as to make four ways for the priests to enter in at; as there might very well be, since there was a breadth of ten cubits, or five yards or more: and overlay them with gold; with plates of gold, for a gild would soon wear off by continual use in passing and repassing. This is to be understood not of the whole pillars, but of the chapiters, heads, tops, or knobs of them, and of their fillets or girdles; in some parts of them the wood appearing, as is plain from Exo 36:38, and their hooks shall be of gold; on which the hanging, covering, or vail was hung: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them; for the pillars to stand upon them, and were of a meaner metal than those on which the pillars for the vail before mentioned; that being the entrance into the holy of holies, where the divine Majesty dwelt, this into the holy place where the priests did their service. Next: Exodus Chapter 27