'Ark' in the Bible
And they are to make an ark of hard wood; two and a half cubits long, and a cubit and a half wide and high.
And put the rods through the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.
Inside the ark you are to put the record which I will give you.
And put the cover over the ark, and in the ark the record which I will give you.
And there, between the two winged ones on the cover of the ark, I will come to you, face to face, and make clear to you all the orders I have to give you for the children of Israel.
And you are to put up the veil under the hooks, and put inside it the ark of the law: the veil is to be a division between the holy place and the most holy.
You are to put the cover on the ark of the law, inside the most holy place.
Let Aaron and his sons put this in order, evening and morning, before the Lord, inside the Tent of meeting, outside the veil which is before the ark; this is to be an order for ever, from generation to generation, to be kept by the children of Israel.
And let it be placed in front of the veil before the ark of the law, before the cover which is over the law, where I will come face to face with you.
This oil is to be put on the Tent of meeting, and on the ark of the law,
And put some of it, crushed very small, in front of the ark in the Tent of meeting, where I will come face to face with you; it is to be most holy.
The Tent of meeting, and the ark of the law, and the cover which is on it, and all the things for the tent,
The ark with its cover and its rods and the veil hanging before it;
And Bezalel made the ark of hard wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide and a cubit and a half high;
These rods he put in the rings at the sides of the ark, for lifting it.
And inside it put the ark of the law, hanging the veil before it.
And put the gold altar for burning perfumes in front of the ark of the law, hanging the curtain over the doorway of the House.
And he took the law and put it inside the ark, and put the rods at its side and the cover over it;
And he took the ark into the House, hanging up the veil before it as the Lord had given him orders.