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Adventistische Schriften über: "What does the Ark of the Covenant contain?"
Answer
The Ark of the Covenant was primarily intended to store the two stone tablets on which God wrote the Ten Commandments with His own finger. Documents indicate that it served as a repository for God's law, which gives the ark its value and holiness. According to some biblical descriptions, it also contained the golden pot of manna and Aaron's blossoming rod.
The Contents of the Ark in the earthly sanctuary
»In the ark in the earthly tabernacle were the two stone tablets on which the prescriptions of God's law were inscribed. The ark was simply a container for the law tablets, and the presence of these divine prescriptions gave it its value and holiness.«
The Ark as a repository of the Ten Commandments
»In this compartment was the ark, an acacia wood ark overlaid inside and out with gold... It was made as a repository for the stone tablets on which God Himself had inscribed the Ten Commandments. Therefore it was called the ark of God's testimony or the ark of the covenant, since the Ten Commandments were the basis of the covenant made between God and Israel.«
Biblical description of the items in the Ark
»...the ark of the covenant, overlaid everywhere with gold, in which was the golden pot of manna, Aaron's rod that blossomed, and the tablets of the covenant;«
The purpose of the Ark
»There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets," reads the divine record. The pot of manna was placed before the Lord, and Aaron's rod that blossomed was placed "before the testimony"... but the ark was made with the sole purpose of containing God's holy law.«
Original Sources (English)
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