15:15.īezalel and the wise-hearted ones assisting him followed the plans explicitly, constructing the Ark from the materials contributed by the people.
It seems the rings were mounted immediately above the feet, if not on the feet themselves, for the lower the rings were located, the higher the Ark would ride when being carried on the shoulders of the Levites.- Ex. 167), located at the corners to raise the Ark off the floor, how high is not disclosed. There were four feet, “walking feet, feet bent as if for walking” (Keil & Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament, The Pentateuch, Vol.
Where the rings were located on each side of the Ark is not certain. These poles were not to be removed from their rings hence there was never a necessity for bearers of the Ark to touch it. They were also made of acacia wood covered with gold and were inserted through two rings of gold on each side of the chest. Long poles were provided for carrying the Ark. 25:10, 11, 17-22 37:6-9) This cover was also known as the “mercy seat” or “propitiatory cover.”- Ex. Mounted on this cover were two golden cherubs of hammered workmanship, one at each end of the cover facing each other, with heads bowed and wings extending upward and overspreading the Ark. An artistic “border of gold” served as a crowning wreath “round about upon it.” The second section of the Ark, its cover, was made of solid gold, not just overlaid wood, and was the full length and breadth of the chest. It was made of acacia wood, overlaid inside and out with pure gold. The chest itself measured 2 1⁄ 2 cubits long, 1 1⁄ 2 cubits wide, and 1 1⁄ 2 cubits high (c. The first thing Jehovah gave Moses, when instructing him to build the tabernacle, was the pattern and design of the Ark, for indeed it was the central and paramount object of the tabernacle and the whole camp of Israel. 25:22), are not peculiar to any certain writer and are used interchangeably. 9:4) and “the ark of the testimony” ( Ex. The more common of these expressions, “the ark of the covenant” ( Josh. 9:4 11:7.īible writers designate the ark of the covenant in more than twenty different ways.
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