KJV King James Version
Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein [was] the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
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Hebrews 9:4
Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein [was] the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
WEB World English Bible
having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;
ASV American Standard Version
having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein was a golden pot holding the manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
having a golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid all round about with gold, in which is the golden pot having the manna, and the rod of Aaron that budded, and the tables of the covenant,
Surrounding context — Hebrews 9
1 Then verily the first [covenant] had also ordinances of divine service, and a worldly sanctuary.
2 For there was a tabernacle made; the first, wherein [was] the candlestick, and the table, and the shewbread; which is called the sanctuary.
3 And after the second veil, the tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all;
4 Which had the golden censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, wherein [was] the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant;
5 And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.
6 Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service [of God].
7 But into the second [went] the high priest alone once every year, not without blood, which he offered for himself, and [for] the errors of the people:
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χρυσοῦνG5552 · chruseosgoldenἔχουσαG2192 · echōto have/beθυμιατήριονG2369 · thumiatērionincense altarκαὶG2532 · kaiandτὴνG3588 · hothe/this/whoκιβωτὸνG2787 · kibōtosark: covenantτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoδιαθήκηςG1242 · diathēkēcovenantπερικεκαλυμμένηνG4028 · perikaluptōto coverπάντοθενG3840 · pantothenfrom all sidesχρυσίῳ,G5553 · chrusiongoldἐνG1722 · enin/on/amongᾗG3739 · hos, hēwhichστάμνοςG4713 · stamnosjarχρυσῆG5552 · chruseosgoldenἔχουσαG2192 · echōto have/beτὸG3588 · hothe/this/whoμάνναG3131 · mannamannaκαὶG2532 · kaiandἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoῥάβδοςG4464 · rhabdosrodἈαρὼνG2 · AarōnAaronἡG3588 · hothe/this/whoβλαστήσασαG985 · blastanōto sproutκαὶG2532 · kaiandαἱG3588 · hothe/this/whoπλάκεςG4109 · plaxtabletτῆςG3588 · hothe/this/whoδιαθήκης·G1242 · diathēkēcovenant
Cross-references
Numbers 17:10And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron’s rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.2 Chronicles 5:10[There was] nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put [therein] at Horeb, when the LORD made [a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.Exodus 26:33And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy [place] and the most holy.Leviticus 16:12And he shall take a censer full of burning coals of fire from off the altar before the LORD, and his hands full of sweet incense beaten small, and bring [it] within the vail:Exodus 40:3And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.Exodus 34:29And it came to pass, when Moses came down from mount Sinai with the two tables of testimony in Moses’ hand, when he came down from the mount, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone while he talked with him.Exodus 16:32-34And Moses said, This [is] the thing which the LORD commandeth, Fill an omer of it to be kept for your generations; that they may see the bread wherewith I have fed you in the wilderness, when I brought you forth from the land of Egypt.Numbers 17:5And it shall come to pass, [that] the man’s rod, whom I shall choose, shall blossom: and I will make to cease from me the murmurings of the children of Israel, whereby they murmur against you.Exodus 40:20-21And 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:1 Kings 8:9[There was] nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made [a covenant] with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.Deuteronomy 10:2-5And I will write on the tables the words that were in the first tables which thou brakest, and thou shalt put them in the ark.Revelation 8:3And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should offer [it] with the prayers of all saints upon the golden altar which was before the throne.Numbers 17:8And it came to pass, that on the morrow Moses went into the tabernacle of witness; and, behold, the rod of Aaron for the house of Levi was budded, and brought forth buds, and bloomed blossoms, and yielded almonds.1 Kings 8:21And I have set there a place for the ark, wherein [is] the covenant of the LORD, which he made with our fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.1 Kings 7:50And the bowls, and the snuffers, and the basons, and the spoons, and the censers [of] pure gold; and the hinges [of] gold, [both] for the doors of the inner house, the most holy [place, and] for the doors of the house, [to wit], of the temple.Exodus 25:10-22And they shall make an ark [of] shittim wood: two cubits and a half [shall be] the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.Exodus 37:1-5And Bezaleel made the ark [of] shittim wood: two cubits and a half [was] the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the height of it:Exodus 30:1-5And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: [of] shittim wood shalt thou make it.
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