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The Heart of the Covenant
Commentators agree that the "testimony" placed into the ark was the two stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments. This act physically placed God's declared will and the foundation of His covenant at the absolute center of Israel's worship, housed within their most sacred object.
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Exodus
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Albert Barnes
On Exodus 40:20
18th Century
Theologian
The testimony – that is, the tables of stone with the Ten Commandments engraved on them (Exodus 25:16; Exodus 31:18)…
Charles Ellicott
On Exodus 40:20
19th Century
Bishop
He took and put the testimony into the ark. By “the testimony” we must understand the two tables of stone, written with t…
John Gill
On Exodus 40:20
17th Century
Pastor
And he took and put the testimony into the ark
The ten commands, called the "testimony", because they testified and …
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Matthew Henry
On Exodus 40:16–33
17th Century
Minister
When the tabernacle and its furnishings were prepared, they did not delay setting it up until they came to Canaan; but, in obedience to the will of…