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

the ark of the testimony and its poles, and the atonement lid;

and put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.

and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark.

You are to put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and in the ark you are to put the testimony I am giving you.

The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles. ¹ 

The cherubs’ wings extended over the place where the ark sat; the cherubs overshadowed the ark and its poles. ¹ 

Berechiah and Elkanah were guardians ¹  of the ark;

the ark, with its poles, the atonement lid, and the special curtain that conceals it;

He took the testimony and put it in the ark, attached the poles to the ark, and then put the atonement lid on the ark.

They brought ¹  it with the ark of God up from the house of Abinadab on the hill. Ahio was walking in front of the ark,

You are to put into the ark the testimony ¹  that I will give to you.

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

he ¹  commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the Lord’s covenant,

“Instruct the priests carrying the ark of the covenantal laws ¹  to come up from the Jordan.”

Now the Philistines had captured the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

When the ark of the Lord had been in the land ¹  of the Philistines for seven months, ² 

They put the ark of the Lord on the cart, along with the chest, the gold mice, and the images of the sores.

When all Israel’s elders had arrived, the priests lifted the ark.

When all Israel’s elders had arrived, the Levites lifted the ark.