King James Version
Exodus 25:16 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 25 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.”
Exodus 25:16 · KJV
And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.
And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.
And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And thou shalt put”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“And thou shalt put”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
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