Selupimi Ko e ngaahi meʻa ia ʻokú ne fakafofongaʻi ha ngaahi meʻa moʻui fakalangi, ka ʻoku ʻikai ke ʻiloʻi ʻa hono fōtunga fakasino totonú. Kuo ui ʻa e Selupimí ke leʻohi ha ngaahi potu ʻoku toputapu. Naʻe tuku ʻe he ʻEikí ha selupimi ke leʻohi ʻa e hala ki he ʻakau ʻo e moʻuí, Sēnesi 3:24 (ʻAlamā 12:21–29; 42:2–3; Mōsese 4:31). Naʻe fokotuʻu ha ongo fakatātā fakataipe ʻo e selupimi ʻi he funga nofoʻanga ʻaloʻofá, ʻEke. 25:18, 22 (1 Ng. Tuʻi 6:23–28; Hepelū 9:5). ʻOku fakamatala ʻa e ngaahi meʻa-hā-mai ʻa ʻIsikelí ki ha selupimi, ʻIsikeli 10; 11:22.