¹⁶ Put the tablets of^[a] the testimony that I will give you into the ark.^(A)

²¹ Set the mercy seat on top of the ark and put the tablets of the testimony that I will give you into the ark.^(A)

²¹ In the tent of meeting outside the curtain that is in front of the testimony,^(A) Aaron and his sons are to tend the lamp^(B) from evening until morning before the Lord. This is to be a permanent statute^(C) for the Israelites throughout their generations.

²⁰ Moses took the testimony^(A) and placed it in the ark, and attached the poles to the ark. He set the mercy seat on top of the ark.

¹⁰ The Lord told Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the testimony to be kept as a sign^(A) for the rebels, so that you may put an end to their complaints before me, or else they will die.”^(B)