Exodus 40:3

3 Place the chest containing the covenant inside the dwelling. Hide the chest from view with the veil.

Exodus 40:3 Meaning and Commentary

Exodus 40:3

And thou shall put therein the ark of the testimony
The ark or chest where the law was, a testimony of the divine will, and which was to be put into the most holy place of the tabernacle:

and cover the ark with the vail;
not with the propitiatory or mercy seat, as the Targum of Jonathan; for though that was a covering or lid to the ark, yet not a vail; this was the vail that divided between the holy place and the most holy, and so covered or hid the ark from the sight even of the priests that went into the holy place.

Exodus 40:3 In-Context

1 The LORD spoke to Moses:

2 Set up the meeting tent dwelling on the first day of the first month.

3 Place the chest containing the covenant inside the dwelling. Hide the chest from view with the veil.

4 Bring in the table and arrange its items. Bring in the lampstand and set up its lamps.

5 Place the gold altar for burning incense in front of the chest containing the covenant. Set up the screen at the dwelling's entrance.