“¶ And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark:”
Exodus 40:20 (KJV)
Context Reading
18And Moses reared up the tabernacle, and fastened his sockets, and set up the boards thereof, and put in the bars thereof, and reared up his pillars. 19And he spread abroad the tent over the tabernacle, and put the covering of the tent above upon it; as the LORD commanded Moses. 20¶ And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy seat above upon the ark: 21And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses. 22¶ And he put the table in the tent of the congregation, upon the side of the tabernacle northward, without the vail.