Exodus 30:36

And thou shalt beat [some] of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

And thou shalt beat {H7833} some of it very small {H1854}, and put {H5414} of it before {H6440} the testimony {H5715} in the tabernacle {H168} of the congregation {H4150}, where I will meet {H3259} with thee: it shall be unto you most {H6944} holy {H6944}.

You are to grind up some of it very finely and put it in front of the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you; you are to regard it as especially holy.

Grind some of it into fine powder and place it in front of the Testimony in the Tent of Meeting, where I will meet with you. It shall be most holy to you.

and thou shalt beat some of it very small, and put of it before the testimony in the tent of meeting, where I will meet with thee: it shall be unto you most holy.

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Cross-References

  • Exodus 25:22 (4 votes)

    And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which [are] upon the ark of the testimony, of all [things] which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.

  • Leviticus 16:2 (2 votes)

    And the LORD said unto Moses, Speak unto Aaron thy brother, that he come not at all times into the holy [place] within the vail before the mercy seat, which [is] upon the ark; that he die not: for I will appear in the cloud upon the mercy seat.

  • Exodus 16:34 (2 votes)

    As the LORD commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the Testimony, to be kept.

  • Exodus 30:6 (2 votes)

    And thou shalt put it before the vail that [is] by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that [is] over the testimony, where I will meet with thee.

  • Exodus 29:42 (2 votes)

    [This shall be] a continual burnt offering throughout your generations [at] the door of the tabernacle of the congregation before the LORD: where I will meet you, to speak there unto thee.

  • Exodus 29:43 (2 votes)

    And there I will meet with the children of Israel, and [the tabernacle] shall be sanctified by my glory.