'Ark of the Testimony' in the Bible

I will meet with you there above the mercy seat, between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony; I will speak with you from there about all that I command you regarding the Israelites.

Hang the veil under the clasps and bring the ark of the testimony there behind the veil, so the veil will make a separation for you between the holy place and the most holy place.

Put the mercy seat on the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.

“You are to place the altar in front of the veil by the ark of the testimony—in front of the mercy seat that is over the testimony—where I will meet with you.

“With it you are to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony,

the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the mercy seat that is on top of it, and all the other furnishings of the tent—

the ark of the testimony with its poles and the mercy seat;

Put the ark of the testimony there and screen off the ark with the veil.

Place the gold altar for incense in front of the ark of the testimony. Put up the screen for the entrance to the tabernacle.

He brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and screened off the ark of the testimony, just as the Lord had commanded him.

Whenever the camp is about to move on, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the screening veil, and cover the ark of the testimony with it.

When Moses entered the tent of meeting to speak with the Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim. He spoke to him that way.

“Command the priests who carry the ark of the testimony to come up from the Jordan.”