'Ark' in the Bible
"They are to make an ark of acacia wood -- its length is to be three feet nine inches, its width two feet three inches, and its height two feet three inches.
and put the poles into the rings at the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.
The poles must remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it.
You are to put into the ark the testimony that I will give to you.
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 meet with you there, and from above the atonement lid, from between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the testimony, I will speak with you about all that I will command you for the Israelites.
You are to hang this curtain under the clasps and bring the ark of the testimony in there behind the curtain. The curtain will make a division for you between the Holy Place and the Most Holy Place.
You are to put the atonement lid on the ark of the testimony in the Most Holy Place.
"You are to put it in front of the curtain that is before the ark of the testimony (before the atonement lid that is over the testimony), where I will meet you.
"With it you are to anoint the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony,
You are to beat some of it very fine and put some of it before the ark of the testimony in the tent of meeting where I will meet with you; it is to be most holy to you.
the tent of meeting, the ark of the testimony, the atonement lid that is on it, all the furnishings of the tent,
the ark, with its poles, the atonement lid, and the special curtain that conceals it;
Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was three feet nine inches, its width two feet three inches, and its height two feet three inches.
and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark.
the ark of the testimony and its poles, and the atonement lid;
You are to place the ark of the testimony in it and shield the ark with the special curtain.
You are to put the gold altar for incense in front of the ark of the testimony and put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
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.
And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, hung the protecting curtain, and shielded the ark of the testimony from view, just as the Lord had commanded Moses.