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Exodus 25:21

And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

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וְנָתַתָּ֧venatataand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “and give”, a completed action in a sequenceH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הַכַּפֹּ֛רֶתhakaporetthe mercy seatכַּפֹּרֶתdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the mercy seat”, the ordinary formH3727a lid (used only of the cover of the sacred Ark)mercy seat.עַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…הָאָרֹ֖ןhaaronthe chestאָרוֹןdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the chest”, the ordinary formH727a boxark, chest, coffin.מִלְמָ֑עְלָהmilmaelahfrom to aboveמַעַלpreposition, preposition, adverb, directional ending — “from to above”H4605properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on ([idiom] very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.וְאֶלveeland amongאֵלconjunction, preposition — “and among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).הָ֣אָרֹ֔ןhaaronthe chestאָרוֹןdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the chest”, the ordinary formH727a boxark, chest, coffin.תִּתֵּן֙titengiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).הָ֣עֵדֻ֔תhaedutthe testimonyעֵדוּתdefinite article, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “the testimony”, the ordinary formH5715testimonytestimony, witness.אֲשֶׁ֥רasherbecauseאֲשֶׁרparticle, relative — “because”H834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.[idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever,…אֶתֵּ֖ןetengiveנָתַןverb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular — “give”, an unfinished actionH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…אֵלֶֽיךָeleykhaamongאֵלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “among”H413near, with or among; often in general, toabout, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And thou shalt put the ark-cover above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

Young’s Literal Translation

'And thou hast put the mercy-seat on the ark above, and unto the ark thou dost put the testimony which I give unto thee;

World English Bible

You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the covenant that I will give you.

Darby Translation

And thou shalt put the mercy-seat above on the ark, and shalt put in the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.

Douay-Rheims

In which thou shalt put the testimony that I will give thee.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And thou shalt put the ark-cover above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And thou shalt set the propitiatory on the ark above, and thou shalt put into the ark the testimonies which I shall give thee.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἐπιθήσεις τὸ ἱλαστήριον ἐπὶ τὴν κιβωτὸν ἄνωθεν, καὶ εἰς τὴν κιβωτὸν ἐμβαλεῖς τὰ μαρτύρια, ἃ ἂν δῶ σοι.