Keluaran 25:30

25:30 You are to set the Bread of the Presence ¹  on the table before me continually.

Keluaran 26:34

26:34 You are to put the atonement lid on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place.

Keluaran 31:7

31:7 the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the atonement lid that is on it, all the furnishings ²  of the tent,

Keluaran 31:12

Sabbath Observance

31:12 ³ The Lord said to Moses, ⁴ 

Keluaran 40:3

40:3 You are to place the ark of the testimony in it and shield the ark with the special curtain.

[25:30]  ¹ sn The name basically means that the bread is to be set out in the presence of Yahweh. The custom of presenting bread on a table as a thank offering is common in other cultures as well. The bread here would be placed on the table as a symbol of the divine provision for the twelve tribes – continually, because they were to express their thanksgiving continually. Priests could eat the bread after certain times. Fresh bread would be put there regularly.

[31:7]  ² tn Heb “all the vessels of the tent.”

[31:12]  ³ sn There are some questions about the arrangement of the book. The placement of this section here, however, should come as no surprise. After the instructions and preparation for work, a Sabbath day when work could not be done had to be legislated. In all that they were going to do, they must not violate the Sabbath,

[31:12]  ⁴ tn Heb “and Yahweh said (אָמַר, ’amar) to Moses, saying.”