Matthew Poole and continuators on Exodus 25:16

16 And thou shalt put into the ark, the Testimony , which I shall give thee.

To wit, The two Tables of stone, wherein the Decalogue was written called, the Testimony here, and Exod. 30. 6. Levit. 16. 33. and more fully the Tables of the Testimony, Exod. 31. 18. Numb. 1. [illegible: 1+ letters]0. because they were witnesses of that Covenant made between God and his people, whence they are called the Tables of the Covenant, Deut. 9. 9. and the Ark, the Ark of the Covenant, Numb. 10. 33. This being as a publick Record both of Gods Mercy promised to them, and of the duty and conditions required of them. See Exod. 16. 34.

Marginal references: Deut. 10. 2▪ 1 King. 8. 9.