¹⁶ Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law,^(A) which I will give you.

²¹ Place the cover on top of the ark^(A) and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law^(B) that I will give you.

³³ Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the covenant law behind the curtain.^(A) The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.^{(B) 34} Put the atonement cover^(C) on the ark of the covenant law in the Most Holy Place.

²¹ In the tent of meeting,^(A) outside the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law,^(B) Aaron and his sons are to keep the lamps^(C) burning before the Lord from evening till morning. This is to be a lasting ordinance^(D) among the Israelites for the generations to come.

⁶ Put the altar in front of the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law—before the atonement cover^(A) that is over the tablets of the covenant law—where I will meet with you.