Deuteronomy 10:5
10:5 Then I turned, went down the mountain, and placed the tablets into the ark I had made – they are still there, just as the
Lord commanded me.
Exodus 25:16-22
25:16 You are to put into the ark the testimony
that I will give to you.
25:17 “You are to make an atonement lid of pure gold; its length is to be three feet nine inches, and its width is to be two feet three inches.
25:18 You are to make two cherubim of gold; you are to make them of hammered metal on the two ends of the atonement lid.
25:19 Make one cherub on one end and one cherub on the other end; from the atonement lid you are to make the cherubim on the two ends.
25:20 The cherubim are to be spreading their wings upward, overshadowing the atonement lid with their wings, and the cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the atonement lid.
25:21 You are to put the atonement lid on top of the ark, and in the ark you are to put the testimony I am giving you.
25:22 I will meet with you there, and from above the atonement lid, from between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will command you for the Israelites.
Exodus 40:20
40:20 He took the testimony and put it in the ark, attached the poles to the ark, and then put the atonement lid on the ark.
Exodus 40:1
Setting Up the Sanctuary
40:1 Then the Lord spoke to Moses:
Exodus 8:9
8:9 Moses said to Pharaoh, “You may have the honor over me
– when shall I pray for you, your servants, and your people, for the frogs to be removed
from you and your houses, so that
they will be left
only in the Nile?”
Hebrews 9:4
9:4 It contained the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered entirely with gold. In this ark
were the golden urn containing the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.