Exodus 40:18
And he put the testimony in the ark, thrusting bars underneath, and the oracle above.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Posuit et testimonium in arca, subditis infra vectibus, et oraculum desuper.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- Καὶ λαβὼν τὰ μαρτύρια ἐνέβαλεν εἰς τὴν κιβωτόν, καὶ ὑπέθηκεν τοὺς διωστῆρας ὑπὸ τὴν κιβωτόν,
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Exodus 40:20
- וַיִּקַּ֞ח וַיִּתֵּ֤ן אֶת הָעֵדֻת֙ אֶל הָ֣אָרֹ֔ן וַיָּ֥שֶׂם אֶת הַבַּדִּ֖ים עַל הָאָרֹ֑ן וַיִּתֵּ֧ן אֶת הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶת עַל הָאָרֹ֖ן מִלְמָֽעְלָה
Haydock's commentary
Testimony, or tables of the law. The pagans enclosed various symbolical figures, cakes, &c., in their mystic arks. (St. Clement of Alexandria) But how different were they from the sacred records of religion! (Calmet)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.