1 Kings 8:9

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.

Nothing

Exodus 25:21

Deuteronomy 10:2

2 Chronicles 5:10

In the ark

Exodus 16:33

Numbers 17:10

Hebrews 9:4

Put there at horeb

When

General references

Exodus 16:34

Exodus 25:16

Bible References

Nothing

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.

I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the first tablets you broke, and you must put them into the ark."

There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets Moses had placed there in Horeb. (It was there that the Lord made an agreement with the Israelites after he brought them out of the land of Egypt.)

In the ark

Moses said to Aaron, "Take a jar and put in it an omer full of manna, and place it before the Lord to be kept for generations to come."

The Lord said to Moses, "Bring Aaron's staff back before the testimony to be preserved for a sign to the rebels, so that you may bring their murmurings to an end before me, that they will not die."

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.

Put there at horeb

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.

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.

I will write on the tablets the same words that were on the first tablets you broke, and you must put them into the ark."

"Take this scroll of the law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God. It will remain there as a witness against you,

When

and set up in it a place for the ark containing the covenant the Lord made with our ancestors when he brought them out of the land of Egypt."

So Moses took the blood and splashed it on the people and said, "This is the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words."

The Lord said to Moses, "Write down these words, for in accordance with these words I have made a covenant with you and with Israel."

And he revealed to you the covenant he has commanded you to keep, the ten commandments, writing them on two stone tablets.

General references

Just as the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron placed it before the Testimony for safekeeping.

You are to put into the ark the testimony that I will give to you.