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He took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the poles on the ark, and put the mercy seat above on the ark.
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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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18th Century
Presbyterian
The testimony – that is, the tables of stone with the Ten Commandments engraved on them (Exodus 25:16; Exodus 31:18)…
19th Century
Anglican
He took and put the testimony into the ark. By “the testimony” we must understand the two tables of stone, written with t…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And he took and put the testimony into the ark The ten commands, called the "testimony", because they testified and …
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