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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