Shemot 40:3

3 And thou shalt place therein the Aron HaEdut, and thou shalt cover so as to screen the Aron with the Parochet.

Shemot 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.

Shemot 40:3 In-Context

1 0 And Hashem spoke unto Moshe, saying,

2 On the first day of the first month shalt thou set up the Mishkan Ohel Mo’ed.

3 And thou shalt place therein the Aron HaEdut, and thou shalt cover so as to screen the Aron with the Parochet.

4 And thou shalt bring in the Shulchan, and set in order the things that are to be set in order upon it; and thou shalt bring in the Menorah, and kindle the Nerot thereof.

5 And thou shalt place the Mizbe’ach Hazahav L’Ketoret before the Aron HaEdut, and set up the Masach HaPetach LaMishkan.