1 Kings 8:9

Nothing was in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had put there at Horeb, where the Lord made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of the land of Egypt.

Exodus 25:21

Set the mercy seat on top of the ark and put the testimony that I will give you into the ark.

Exodus 40:20

Moses took the testimony and placed it in the ark, and attached the poles to the ark. He set the mercy seat on top of the ark.

Hebrews 9:4

It contained the gold altar of incense and the ark of the covenant, covered with gold on all sides, in which there was a gold jar containing the manna, Aaron’s staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.

Deuteronomy 4:13

He declared His covenant to you. He commanded you to follow the Ten Commandments, which He wrote on two stone tablets.

Exodus 34:27-28

The Lord also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for I have made a covenant with you and with Israel based on these words.”

Exodus 13:21

The Lord went ahead of them in a pillar of cloud to lead them on their way during the day and in a pillar of fire to give them light at night, so that they could travel day or night.

Exodus 14:24

Then during the morning watch, the Lord looked down on the Egyptian forces from the pillar of fire and cloud, and threw them into confusion.

Exodus 16:10

As Aaron was speaking to the entire Israelite community, they turned toward the wilderness, and there in a cloud the Lord’s glory appeared.

Exodus 16:33

Moses told Aaron, “Take a container and put two quarts of manna in it. Then place it before the Lord to be preserved throughout your generations.”

Exodus 24:7-8

He then took the covenant scroll and read it aloud to the people. They responded, “We will do and obey everything that the Lord has commanded.”

Exodus 24:16-18

The glory of the Lord settled on Mount Sinai, and the cloud covered it for six days. On the seventh day He called to Moses from the cloud.

Exodus 40:34-35

The cloud covered the tent of meeting, and the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.

Leviticus 16:2

The Lord said to Moses: “Tell your brother Aaron that he may not come whenever he wants into the holy place behind the veil in front of the mercy seat on the ark or else he will die, because I appear in the cloud above the mercy seat.

Numbers 9:15

On the day the tabernacle was set up, the cloud covered the tabernacle, the tent of the testimony, and it appeared like fire above the tabernacle from evening until morning.

Numbers 17:10

The Lord told Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the testimony to be kept as a sign for the rebels, so that you may put an end to their complaints before Me, or else they will die.”

Deuteronomy 10:2-5

I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets you broke, and you are to place them in the ark.’

Deuteronomy 31:26

“Take this book of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God so that it may remain there as a witness against you.

1 Kings 8:21

I have provided a place there for the ark,
where the Lord’s covenant is
that He made with our ancestors
when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.

2 Chronicles 5:10

Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had put in it at Horeb, where the Lord had made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of Egypt.

2 Chronicles 5:13-14

The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the Lord with one voice. They raised their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the Lord:

For He is good;
His faithful love endures forever.


The temple, the Lord’s temple, was filled with a cloud.

2 Chronicles 7:1-3

When Solomon finished praying, fire descended from heaven and consumed the burnt offering and the sacrifices, and the glory of the Lord filled the temple.

Ezekiel 10:4

Then the glory of the Lord rose from above the cherub to the threshold of the temple. The temple was filled with the cloud, and the court was filled with the brightness of the Lord’s glory.

Revelation 15:8

Then the sanctuary was filled with smoke from God’s glory and from His power, and no one could enter the sanctuary until the seven plagues of the seven angels were completed.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

There was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb, when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.

General references

Bible References

Nothing

Exodus 25:21
Set the mercy seat on top of the ark and put the testimony that I will give you into the ark.
Deuteronomy 10:2
I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets you broke, and you are to place them in the ark.’
2 Chronicles 5:10
Nothing was in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had put in it at Horeb, where the Lord had made a covenant with the Israelites when they came out of Egypt.

In the ark

Exodus 16:33
Moses told Aaron, “Take a container and put two quarts of manna in it. Then place it before the Lord to be preserved throughout your generations.”
Numbers 17:10
The Lord told Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the testimony to be kept as a sign for the rebels, so that you may put an end to their complaints before Me, or else they will die.”
Hebrews 9:4
It contained the gold altar of incense and the ark of the covenant, covered with gold on all sides, in which there was a gold jar containing the manna, Aaron’s staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.

Put there at horeb

Exodus 25:21
Set the mercy seat on top of the ark and put the testimony that I will give you into the ark.
Exodus 40:20
Moses took the testimony and placed it in the ark, and attached the poles to the ark. He set the mercy seat on top of the ark.
Deuteronomy 10:2
I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets you broke, and you are to place them in the ark.’
Deuteronomy 31:26
“Take this book of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God so that it may remain there as a witness against you.

When

1 Kings 8:21
I have provided a place there for the ark,
where the Lord’s covenant is
that He made with our ancestors
when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.
Exodus 24:8
Moses took the blood, sprinkled it on the people, and said, “This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you concerning all these words.”
Exodus 34:27
The Lord also said to Moses, “Write down these words, for I have made a covenant with you and with Israel based on these words.”
Deuteronomy 4:13
He declared His covenant to you. He commanded you to follow the Ten Commandments, which He wrote on two stone tablets.

General references

Exodus 16:34
As the Lord commanded Moses, Aaron placed it before the testimony to be preserved.
Exodus 25:16
Put the tablets of the testimony that I will give you into the ark.

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