Teaching the Old Testament. Revealing Christ.
Teaching the Old Testament. Revealing Christ.
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A chest of acacia wood covered in gold, holding the tablets of the Law. It was the only furniture in the Most Holy Place.
Location
Most Holy Place
Size
2½ × 1½ × 1½ cubits
Material
Acacia wood overlaid with gold
Contents
Tablets of the Law
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What the Bible says
King James Version
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. 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 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 make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.
The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.
Exodus 25:10–15; cf. Exodus 37:1–5
Pointing to Christ
The Law was kept inside the Ark, under the mercy seat. Christ kept the Law perfectly.
“I delight to do thy will, O my God: yea, thy law is within my heart.” Psalm 40:8
Where it stood
Ark of the Covenant · Most Holy Place
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