This is the beginning of my study (in print) of the Ark of the Covenant. I have been running references and consulting commentary (Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible) off and on for the last week.
As we study this important artifact from the Bible I plan to present scripture from different books that refer to the Ark. I plan to look at what was kept inside the Ark. I plan to look at the penalty for touching the Ark if you were not of the “Priestly Tribe”
Today we will begin in Exodus chapter 25 and we will take verses 10 – 22. We are going to do this in order for your mind’s eye to get a picture of what the Ark looked like.
10And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof. 11And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about. 12And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it. 13And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold. 14And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them. 15The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it. 16And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee. 17And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof. 18And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat. 19And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof. 20And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be. 21And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee. 22And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
The above should give you something to think about for the next few days. With my next post I plan to go back and pick out some verses from the above text and explain them (to the best of my ability).
To be continued…
May God Bless You!
