Exodus 25:16

16 Put the covenant document that I will give you into the chest.

Exodus 25:16 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 25:16

And thou shall put into the ark the testimony that I shall
give thee.
] Which was the principal use of it: by the "testimony" is meant the law, written on two tables of stone; so called, because it was a testification of the mind and will of God, what he would have done or omitted; and as the Israelites had declared their approbation of it, and assent unto it, and had promised obedience to it, therefore, should they transgress it, it would be a testimony against them: now this was put into the ark, and preserved there, see ( Deuteronomy 10:1-5 ) , which may signify that the law was in the heart of Christ, and which he undertook to fulfil, and with pleasure did it; that he is become the fulfilling end of the law for righteousness to them that believe in him; and that it remains with him as a rule of walk and conversation to his people, so far as it is of a moral, holy, and spiritual nature.

Exodus 25:16 In-Context

14 Then put the poles into the rings on the chest's sides and use them to carry the chest.

15 The poles should stay in the chest's rings. They shouldn't be taken out of them.

16 Put the covenant document that I will give you into the chest.

17 Then make a cover of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.

18 Make two winged heavenly creatures of hammered gold, one for each end of the cover.