^21 (A)You shall put the mercy seat ^[a]on top of the ark, and ^(B)in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you.

²⁰ Then he took ^(A)the testimony and put it into the ark, and ^[a]attached the poles to the ark, and put the ^[b]mercy seat ^[c]on top of the ark.

² The Lord said to Moses:

“Tell your brother Aaron that he shall not enter ^(A)at any time into the holy place inside the veil, before the ^[a]mercy seat which is on the ark, or he will die; for ^(B)I will appear in the cloud over the ^[b]mercy seat.