In Judaism, a wooden chest containing the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments.
(Judaism) sacred chest where the ancient Hebrews kept the two tablets containing the Ten Commandments.
1And thus much of the ark of the covenant, and of its antitype.
2I say, there is where the ark of the covenant remained.
3The mercy-seat covering the ark of the covenant was called propitiation (Exod.
4And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.
5But it is the ark of the covenant of which I shall now speak.
6He commanded the Levites, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying:
7This kind never go forth again; once they refind the ark of the covenant there they abide.
8They had lost forever the sacred ark of the covenant and the mysterious ornaments of the high-priest.
9Command the priests, that carry the ark of the covenant, to come up out of the Jordan.
10And he said to the priests: Take up the ark of the covenant, and go before the people.
11And plainly it showed that vehicle which formerly bore the ark of the covenant from Acharon unto Getht.
12On the seventh day the priests shall take seven trumpets, and shall walk before the ark of the covenant.
13His chief, perhaps in the time of Moses His only, sanctuary was with the so-called ark of the covenant.
14Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth passeth Over before you into Jordan.
15In the first stood the altar of incense and other things; in the second, the ark of the covenant, etc.
16Behold, the ark of the covenant of the Lord of all the earth shall go before you into the Jordan.
Translations for ark of the covenant