25:21 You are to put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and in the ark you are to put the testimony I am giving you.
Exodus 40:20
40:20 He took the testimony and put it in the ark, attached the poles to the ark, and then put the atonement lid on the ark.
Deuteronomy 10:2
10:2 I will write on the tablets the same words 1 that were on the first tablets you broke, and you must put them into the ark.”
Deuteronomy 10:5
10:5 Then I turned, went down the mountain, and placed the tablets into the ark I had made – they are still there, just as the Lord commanded me.
Deuteronomy 31:26
31:26 “Take this scroll of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. It will remain there as a witness against you,
1 snThe same words. The care with which the replacement copy must be made underscores the importance of verbal precision in relaying the Lord’s commandments.