Exodus 40:3

3 And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.

Exodus 40:3 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 40:3

And thou shall put therein the ark of the testimony
The ark or chest where the law was, a testimony of the divine will, and which was to be put into the most holy place of the tabernacle:

and cover the ark with the vail;
not with the propitiatory or mercy seat, as the Targum of Jonathan; for though that was a covering or lid to the ark, yet not a vail; this was the vail that divided between the holy place and the most holy, and so covered or hid the ark from the sight even of the priests that went into the holy place.

Exodus 40:3 In-Context

1 The LORD said to Moses,

2 "On the first day of the first month you shall erect the tabernacle of the tent of meeting.

3 And you shall put in it the ark of the testimony, and you shall screen the ark with the veil.

4 And you shall bring in the table, and set its arrangements in order; and you shall bring in the lampstand, and set up its lamps.

5 And you shall put the golden altar for incense before the ark of the testimony, and set up the screen for the door of the tabernacle.