The ark, and the staves thereof, with the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering,
Moses gave them nothing but what God commanded him, nothing more or less, he was faithful as a servant to both God and Israel, standing between them as their messenger. The sabbath came first in his charge because it outranks even the tabernacle work: no stroke of labor on the seventh day, not one, for that holy rest belongs to God alone.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 35:1-19
The ark and the staves thereof,.... To carry it with, which were all made of shittim wood: with the mercy seat; made of pure gold; these were set in the most holy place: and the vail of the covering; which divided between the holy and the holy of holies; of these see Exo 25:10.
The ark, and the staves thereof, [with] the mercy seat, and the vail of the covering, (c) Which hung before the mercyseat so it could not be seen.