It was then brought to a temple in Shiloh. The Ark of Covenant traveled with the Israelites from Mount Sinai into the Land of Israel. “Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD”.Īrk of Covenant and the fall of Jericho – – drawing by Gustav Dore (French artist, 1832-1883) The ark helped Joshua and the Israelites to capture the heavily fortified Jericho ( Joshua 6:6): “And the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD stood firm on dry ground in the midst of Jordan, and all the Israelites passed over on dry ground, until all the people were passed clean over Jordan… when it passed over Jordan, the waters of Jordan were cut off”. “And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony as the LORD commanded Moses”.Īfter the death of Moses, Joshua led the Israelites to the Land of Israel ( Joshua 3:17, 4:7): “ And they departed from the mount of the LORD three days’ journey: and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days’ journey, to search out a resting place for them”.Īt every stop the ark was placed in a sacred tent – the Tabernacle ( Exodus 41:21): The Israelites traveled for 40 years with the ark, which was carried by the Levites ( Numbers 10:33): The ark is referred to in the Bible more than 200 times, and is considered an important ritual instrument. And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.”.
The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.
And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. “And 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.
The instructions were detailed ( Exodus 25:10-16): Its dimensions were approximately 131 cm ×79 cm × 79 cm (52×31×31 inches).
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Moses was instructed how to store the tablets in a hand carried ark. Moses comes down from Mt Sinai, holding tablets – drawing by Gustav Dore (French artist, 1832-1883) The ten commandments were inscribed on two stone tablets. “And Moses went into the midst of the cloud, and gat him up into the mount: and Moses was in the mount forty days and forty nights”. It housed the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments that Moses received from God on Mount Sinai ( Exodus 24:18): The Ark of Covenant is a gold-covered wooden chest with lid cover. The Ark continues to be an object of fascination and speculation, and its significance in the history and theology of Judaism and Christianity remains a subject of scholarly and religious study. Some theories suggest that it may have been hidden or destroyed, while others speculate that it was taken away to Ethiopia or another location. The exact fate of the Ark is not known for certain, as it disappeared from history around the time of the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in 587 BC. It was also associated with many miraculous events, such as the parting of the Red Sea and the collapse of the walls of Jericho.Īrk of Covenant in a tent in the desert– computer AI generated by DallE2 The Ark was seen as the symbol of God’s presence among the Israelites and was carried with them during their journeys. According to the biblical account, the Ark was built at the command of God by the Israelites during their wanderings in the desert and was later placed in the Holy of Holies in the Temple of Jerusalem. The Ark of the Covenant is a sacred object described in the Old Testament of the Bible as being a wooden chest covered with gold that contained the stone tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments. This page describes the Ark of Covenant, and maps the stations of its journey to the actual sites.
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