King James Version
Exodus 40:3 in the King James Version says “And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.” — study this verse from Exodus chapter 40 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.”
Exodus 40:3 · KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the tabernacle of the tent of the congregation.
And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
And thou shalt bring in the table, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the candlestick, and light the lamps thereof. the things: Heb. the order thereof
And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“And thou shalt put”
H7760to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“and cover”
H5526properly, to entwine as a screen; by implication, to fence in, cover over, (figuratively) protect
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
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