Numbers 17:4

17:4 You must place them ¹  in the tent of meeting before the ark of the covenant ²  where I meet with you.

Numbers 35:26

35:26 But if the slayer at any time goes outside the boundary of the town to which he had fled,

[17:4]  ¹ tn The verb is the Hiphil perfect of נוּחַ (nuakh, “to rest”), and so “to set at rest, lay, place, put.” The form with the vav (ו) consecutive continues the instruction of the previous verse.

[17:4]  ² tn The Hebrew text simply reads “the covenant” or “the testimony.”