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You shall putוְנָתַתָּthe cover of expiationאֶת הַכַּפֹּרֶתon top ofעַל מִלְמָעְלָהthe ark,הָאָרֹןand intoוְאֶלthe arkהָאָרֹןyou shall putתִּתֵּןthe testimonyאֶת הָעֵדֻתthatאֲשֶׁרI will giveאֶתֵּןyou.אֵלֶיךָ
Exodus 25:21
Study it in the app“You shall put the cover of expiation on top of the ark, and into the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Exodus 25:21, word by word
- You shall putנָתַתָּnatata
put
To place something somewhere.
Where else “natata” appears- the cover of expiationכַּפֹּרֶתkaporet
cover of expiation
The gold lid of the ark, with the two cherubim. Its name comes from the verb "make expiation" (cover sin), because there the blood was sprinkled on the day of expiation (Leviticus 16:14-15).
Where else “kaporet” appears- on top ofמָעְלָmala
above
Upward, above; with ages, "twenty years old or more".
Where else “mala” appears- the arkאָרֹןaron
ark
The sacred chest of the covenant, which held the tablets.
Where else “aron” appears- the testimonyעֵדֻתedut
testimony
Testimony: the tablets of the covenant, which bear witness to what God commanded; "the ark of the testimony" holds them.
Where else “edut” appears
The context
20The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, overshadowing with their wings the cover of expiation, and their faces shall be one toward the other; toward the cover of expiation the faces of the cherubim shall be turned.
21 · This verse (above)
22There I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the cover of expiation, from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the testimony, all that I will command you for the sons of Israel.