Deu 31:26 | TNotes | STEP | 31:26 beside the Ark: Unlike the stone tablets, the scroll of Deuteronomy was not to be placed in the Ark but near it, in the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle and, later, of the Temple (see 31:9 ; Exod 25:16 ; 26:33 ). • a witness: Like the song that the Israelites were to sing (see Deut 31:19 ), the presence of the scroll of Deuteronomy would be a perpetual reminder of Israel’s covenant obligations and privileges (see 31:10 , 19 ).

cExod 25:16►

eDeut 31:19►

‏ Deuteronomy 31:26

31:26 ^a beside the Ark: Unlike the stone tablets, the scroll of Deuteronomy was not to be placed in the Ark but near it, in the inner sanctuary of the Tabernacle and, later, of the Temple (see 31:9 ^b; Exod 25:16 ^c; 26:33 ^d).

• a witness: Like the song that the Israelites were to sing (see Deut 31:19 ^e), the presence of the scroll of Deuteronomy would be a perpetual reminder of Israel’s covenant obligations and privileges (see 31:10 ^f, 19 ^g).