³³ Hang the curtain from the clasps and place the ark of the covenant law behind the curtain.^(A) The curtain will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.^(B)

²¹ Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle and hung the shielding curtain^(A) and shielded the ark of the covenant law, as the Lord commanded^(B) him.

³ The lamp^(A) of God had not yet gone out, and Samuel was lying down in the house^(B) of the Lord, where the ark^(C) of God was.

² he said to Nathan^(A) the prophet, “Here I am, living in a house^(B) of cedar, while the ark of God remains in a tent.”^(C)

² A tabernacle^(A) was set up. In its first room were the lampstand^(B) and the table^(C) with its consecrated bread;^(D) this was called the Holy Place.^{(E) 3} Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place,^{(F) 4} which had the golden altar of incense^(G) and the gold-covered ark of the covenant.^(H) This ark contained the gold jar of manna,^(I) Aaron’s staff that had budded,^(J) and the stone tablets of the covenant.^(K)