(NIV)
So make yourself an ark of cypress wood; make rooms in it and coat it with pitch inside and out.
Make yourself an
ark of
gopher wood.
Make rooms in the
ark, and
cover it
inside and
out with
pitch.
(NIV)
This is how you are to build it: The ark is to be three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high.
This is
how you are to
make it: the
length of the
ark 300 cubits, its
breadth 50 cubits, and its
height 30 cubits.
(NIV)
Make a roof for it, leaving below the roof an opening one cubit high all around. Put a door in the side of the ark and make lower, middle and upper decks.
Make a
roof for the
ark, and
finish it
to a
cubit above, and
set the
door of the
ark in its
side.
Make it with
lower,
second, and
third decks.
(NIV)
But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark – you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.
But I will
establish my
covenant with you, and you shall
come into the
ark, you,
your sons, your
wife, and
your sons’
wives with you.
(NIV)
You are to bring into the ark two of all living creatures, male and female, to keep them alive with you.
And
of every living thing of all flesh, you shall bring
two of every sort
into the
ark to keep them
alive with you. They shall
be male and
female.
(NIV)
The
Lord then said to Noah, ‘Go into the ark, you and your whole family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.
Then the
Lord said to
Noah,
“
Go into the
ark,
you and
all your
household,
for I have
seen that you are
righteous before me in
this generation.
(NIV)
And Noah and his sons and his wife and his sons’ wives entered the ark to escape the waters of the flood.
And
Noah and his
sons and his
wife and his
sons’
wives with him went
into the
ark to
escape the
waters of the
flood.
(NIV)
male and female, came to Noah and entered the ark, as God had commanded Noah.
two and
two,
male and
female, went
into the
ark with
Noah,
as God had
commanded Noah.
(NIV)
On that very day Noah and his sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, together with his wife and the wives of his three sons, entered the ark.
On the very
same day Noah and his sons,
Shem and
Ham and
Japheth, and
Noah’s wife and the
three wives of his
sons with them
entered the
ark,
(NIV)
Pairs of all creatures that have the breath of life in them came to Noah and entered the ark.
They
went into the
ark with
Noah,
two and
two of
all flesh in which there
was the
breath of
life.
(NIV)
For forty days the flood kept coming on the earth, and as the waters increased they lifted the ark high above the earth.
The
flood continued
forty days on the
earth. The
waters increased and
bore up the
ark, and it
rose high above the
earth.
(NIV)
The waters rose and increased greatly on the earth, and the ark floated on the surface of the water.
The
waters prevailed and
increased greatly on the
earth, and the
ark floated on the
face of the
waters.
(NIV)
Every living thing on the face of the earth was wiped out; people and animals and the creatures that move along the ground and the birds were wiped from the earth. Only Noah was left, and those with him in the ark.
He
blotted out every living thing that was
on the
face of the
ground,
man and animals and creeping things and
birds of the
heavens. They were
blotted out from the
earth.
Only Noah was
left,
and those who were
with him in the
ark.
(NIV)
But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and the livestock that were with him in the ark, and he sent a wind over the earth, and the waters receded.
But
God remembered Noah and
all the
beasts and
all the
livestock that were
with him in the
ark. And
God made a
wind blow over the
earth, and the
waters subsided.
(NIV)
and on the seventeenth day of the seventh month the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat.
and in the
seventh month, on the
seventeenth day of the
month, the
ark came to
rest on the
mountains of
Ararat.
(NIV)
After forty days Noah opened a window he had made in the ark
At the
end of
forty days Noah opened the
window of the
ark that he had
made
(NIV)
But the dove could find nowhere to perch because there was water over all the surface of the earth; so it returned to Noah in the ark. He reached out his hand and took the dove and brought it back to himself in the ark.
But the
dove found no place to
set her
foot, and she
returned to him
to the
ark,
for the
waters were still
on the
face of the
whole earth. So he put
out his
hand and
took her and
brought her into the
ark with him.
(NIV)
He waited seven more days and again sent out the dove from the ark.
He
waited another seven days, and
again he
sent forth the
dove out
of the
ark.
(NIV)
By the first day of the first month of Noah’s six hundred and first year, the water had dried up from the earth. Noah then removed the covering from the ark and saw that the surface of the ground was dry.
In the
six hundred and
first year, in the
first month, the
first day of the
month, the
waters were
dried from off the
earth. And
Noah removed the
covering of the
ark and
looked, and
behold, the
face of the
ground was
dry.
(NIV)
‘Come out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives.
“
Go out from the
ark,
you and your
wife, and your
sons and
your sons’
wives with you.
(NIV)
All the animals and all the creatures that move along the ground and all the birds – everything that moves on land – came out of the ark, one kind after another.
Every beast,
every creeping thing, and
every bird,
everything that
moves on the
earth,
went out by
families from the
ark.
(NIV)
and with every living creature that was with you – the birds, the livestock and all the wild animals, all those that came out of the ark with you – every living creature on earth.
and
with every living creature that is
with you, the
birds, the
livestock, and
every beast of the
earth with you, as
many as came out of the
ark; it is for
every beast of the
earth.
(NIV)
The sons of Noah who came out of the ark were Shem, Ham and Japheth. (Ham was the father of Canaan.)
The
sons of
Noah who
went forth from the
ark were
Shem,
Ham, and
Japheth. (
Ham was the
father of
Canaan.)
(NIV)
So Joseph died at the age of a hundred and ten. And after they embalmed him, he was placed in a coffin in Egypt.
So
Joseph died, being
110 years old. They
embalmed him, and he was
put in a
coffin in
Egypt.
(NIV)
But when she could hide him no longer, she got a papyrus basket for him and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in it and put it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.
When she
could hide him
no longer, she
took for him a
basket made of
bulrushes and
daubed it with
bitumen and
pitch. She
put the
child in it and
placed it among the
reeds by the
river bank.
(NIV)
Then Pharaoh’s daughter went down to the Nile to bathe, and her attendants were walking along the river-bank. She saw the basket among the reeds and sent her female slave to get it.
Now the
daughter of
Pharaoh came down to
bathe at the
river, while her
young women walked beside the
river. She
saw the
basket among the
reeds and
sent her
servant woman, and she
took it.
(NIV)
‘Let them make an ark of acacia wood – two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
“They shall
make an
ark of
acacia wood. Two
cubits and a
half shall be its
length, a
cubit and a
half its
breadth, and a
cubit and a
half its
height.
(NIV)
Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
And you shall
put the
poles into the
rings on the
sides of the
ark to
carry the
ark by
them.
(NIV)
The poles are to remain in the rings of this ark; they are not to be removed.
The
poles shall
remain in the
rings of the
ark; they shall
not be
taken from it.
(NIV)
Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law, which I will give you.
And you shall
put into the
ark the
testimony that I shall
give you.
(NIV)
Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law that I will give you.
And you shall
put the
mercy seat on the
top of the
ark, and in the
ark you shall
put the
testimony that I shall
give you.
(NIV)
There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.
There I will
meet with you, and from
above the
mercy seat, from
between the
two cherubim that are
on the
ark of the
testimony, I will
speak with you about
all that I will give you in
commandment for the
people of
Israel.
(NIV)
Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the covenant law behind the curtain. The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
And you shall
hang the
veil from the
clasps, and
bring the
ark of the
testimony in there
within the
veil. And the
veil shall
separate for you the
Holy Place from the
Most Holy.
(NIV)
Put the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law in the Most Holy Place.
You shall
put the
mercy seat on the
ark of the
testimony in the
Most Holy Place.
(NIV)
Put the altar in front of the curtain that shields the ark of the covenant law – before the atonement cover that is over the tablets of the covenant law – where I will meet with you.
And you shall
put it in front
of the
veil that is
above the
ark of the
testimony, in front
of the
mercy seat that is
above the
testimony,
where I will
meet with you.
(NIV)
Then use it to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law,
With it you shall
anoint the
tent of
meeting and the
ark of the
testimony,
(NIV)
the tent of meeting, the ark of the covenant law with the atonement cover on it, and all the other furnishings of the tent –
the
tent of
meeting, and the
ark of the
testimony, and the
mercy seat that is
on it, and
all the
furnishings of the
tent,
(NIV)
the ark with its poles and the atonement cover and the curtain that shields it;
the
ark with its
poles, the
mercy seat, and the
veil of the
screen;
(NIV)
Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood – two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Bezalel made the
ark of
acacia wood. Two
cubits and a
half was its
length, a
cubit and a
half its
breadth, and a
cubit and a
half its
height.
(NIV)
And he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.
and
put the
poles into the
rings on the
sides of the
ark to
carry the
ark.
(NIV)
the ark of the covenant law with its poles and the atonement cover;
the
ark of the
testimony with its
poles and the
mercy seat;
(NIV)
Place the ark of the covenant law in it and shield the ark with the curtain.
And you shall
put in it the
ark of the
testimony, and you shall
screen the
ark with the
veil.
(NIV)
Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the covenant law and put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
And you shall
put the
golden altar for
incense before the
ark of the
testimony, and
set up the
screen for the
door of the
tabernacle.
(NIV)
He took the tablets of the covenant law and placed them in the ark, attached the poles to the ark and put the atonement cover over it.
He
took the
testimony and
put it into the
ark, and
put the
poles on the
ark and
set the
mercy seat above on the
ark.
(NIV)
Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle and hung the shielding curtain and shielded the ark of the covenant law, as the
Lord commanded him.
And he
brought the
ark into the
tabernacle and
set up the
veil of the
screen, and
screened the
ark of the
testimony,
as the
Lord had
commanded Moses.
(NIV)
The
Lord said to Moses: ‘Tell your brother Aaron that he is not to come whenever he chooses into the Most Holy Place behind the curtain in front of the atonement cover on the ark, or else he will die. For I will appear in the cloud over the atonement cover.
and the
Lord said to Moses, “
Tell Aaron your
brother not to
come at
any time into the
Holy Place
inside the
veil,
before the
mercy seat that is
on the
ark, so that he may
not die. For I will
appear in the
cloud over the
mercy seat.
(NIV)
They were responsible for the care of the ark, the table, the lampstand, the altars, the articles of the sanctuary used in ministering, the curtain, and everything related to their use.
And their
guard duty involved the
ark,
the
table,
the
lampstand,
the
altars, the
vessels of the
sanctuary with
which the priests
minister, and the
screen;
all the
service connected with these.
(NIV)
When the camp is to move, Aaron and his sons are to go in and take down the shielding curtain and put it over the ark of the covenant law.
When the
camp is to
set out,
Aaron and his
sons shall
go in and take
down the
veil of the
screen and
cover the
ark of the
testimony with it.
(NIV)
When Moses entered the tent of meeting to speak with the
Lord, he heard the voice speaking to him from between the two cherubim above the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law. In this way the
Lord spoke to him.
And when
Moses went
into 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; and it
spoke to him.
(NIV)
So they set out from the mountain of the
Lord and travelled for three days. The ark of the covenant of the
Lord went before them during those three days to find them a place to rest.
So they
set out from the
mount of the
Lord three days’
journey. And the
ark of the
covenant of the
Lord went before them
three days’
journey, to seek
out a
resting place for them.
(NIV)
Whenever the ark set out, Moses said,
‘Rise up,
Lord!
May your enemies be scattered;
may your foes flee before you.’
And whenever the
ark set out,
Moses said,
“
Arise, O
Lord, and let your
enemies be
scattered, and let those who
hate you
flee before you.”
(NIV)
Nevertheless, in their presumption they went up towards the highest point in the hill country, though neither Moses nor the ark of the
Lord’s covenant moved from the camp.
But they
presumed to
go up to the
heights of the
hill country, although
neither the
ark of the
covenant of the
Lord nor
Moses departed out of the
camp.
(NIV)
At that time the
Lord said to me, ‘Chisel out two stone tablets like the first ones and come up to me on the mountain. Also make a wooden ark.
“At that
time the
Lord said to me, ‘
Cut for yourself
two tablets of
stone like the
first, and
come up to me on the
mountain and
make an
ark of
wood.
(NIV)
I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets, which you broke. Then you are to put them in the ark.’
And I will
write on the
tablets the
words that were on the
first tablets that you
broke, and you shall
put them in the
ark.’
(NIV)
So I made the ark out of acacia wood and chiselled out two stone tablets like the first ones, and I went up on the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.
So I
made an
ark of
acacia wood, and
cut two tablets of
stone like the
first, and
went up the
mountain with the
two tablets in
my hand.
(NIV)
Then I came back down the mountain and put the tablets in the ark I had made, as the
Lord commanded me, and they are there now.
Then I
turned and came
down from the
mountain and
put the
tablets in the
ark that I had
made.
And
there they are,
as the
Lord commanded me.”
(NIV)
At that time the
Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the
Lord, to stand before the
Lord to minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today.
At that
time the
Lord set apart the
tribe of
Levi to carry the
ark of the
covenant of the
Lord to stand before the
Lord to
minister to him and
to bless in his
name, to
this day.
(NIV)
So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carried the ark of the covenant of the
Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.
Then
Moses wrote this law and
gave it
to the
priests, the
sons of
Levi,
who
carried the
ark of the
covenant of the
Lord, and
to all the
elders of
Israel.
(NIV)
he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the
Lord:
Moses commanded the
Levites who
carried the
ark of the
covenant of the
Lord,
(NIV)
‘Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the
Lord your God. There it will remain as a witness against you.
“
Take this Book of the
Law and
put it
by the
side of the
ark of the
covenant of the
Lord your
God, that it may
be there for a
witness against you.
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