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

After you put into the ark the words of my covenant that I will give you, place the throne of mercy on top.

I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you shattered. You must place them in the Ark.'

There was nothing in the Ark except the two tablets Moses placed there at Horeb, where Jehovah made a covenant with the Israelites after they left Egypt.

In the ark

Moses said to Aaron: Take a jar, and put two quarts of manna in it. Place it before Jehovah, to be kept throughout your generations.

Jehovah said to Moses: Put Aaron's staff in front of the testimony. Keep it there as a sign to warn any other rebels. Then you will stop their complaints about me, and they will not die.

It had a golden incense burner. The Ark of the Covenant was completely covered with gold. It contained the golden pot that had the manna, and the rod of Aaron that had sprouted, and the tables of the covenant.

Put there at horeb

After you put into the ark the words of my covenant that I will give you, place the throne of mercy on top.

He took the words of God's promise (covenant) and put them in the ark. He put the poles on the ark and placed the throne of mercy on top of the ark.

I will write on the tablets the words that were on the first tablets that you shattered. You must place them in the Ark.'

Take this Book of the Law, and put it next to the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah your God, where it will be a witness against you.

When

I also provided a place in the Temple for the Ark of the Covenant containing the stone tablets of the covenant Jehovah made with our ancestors when he brought them out of Egypt.

Moses took the blood from the bowls and sprinkled it on the people. Next, he told them: With this blood Jehovah makes his agreement with you.

Jehovah told Moses: Put these laws in writing, as part of my agreement (covenant) with Israel.

He told you what you must do to keep the covenant he made with you. You must obey the Ten Commandments, which he wrote on two stone tablets.

General references

Aaron placed it before the Testimony, to be kept just as Jehovah commanded Moses.

I will give you the Ten Commandments written on two flat tablets. Put them inside the chest.