“You shall put it before the veil that is by the ark of the covenant, before the mercy seat that is over the covenant, where I will meet with you.”

Reading this verse in context

This page shows one verse on its own, which is rarely how it was written. Exodus 30 contains 38 verses, and the sentences either side usually decide what this one means. Read the whole chapter before you quote it.

Text: World English Bible, Protestant edition (engwebp), eBible.org — public domain.