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[[file:Arca da Aliança de Deus (3815219934).jpg |thumb| 300px |An image of the Ark of the Covenant]] | [[file:Arca da Aliança de Deus (3815219934).jpg |thumb| 300px |An image of the Ark of the Covenant]] | ||
The '''ark'''<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ark Ark], ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary''</ref> '''of the covenant,''' located in the [[Most Holy Place]], was a chest that stored the stone tablets on which the words of the covenant, that is, the [[Ten Commandments]], were engraved. God promised to meet with Israel above the atonement cover over the ark of the covenant.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+25%3A22&version=NIV |title=Exodus 25:22 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> During their [[Life in Desert|life in the wilderness]], the ark of the covenant always preceded Israel. The ark of the covenant was a symbol of God’s power<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+132%3A7-8&version=NIV |title=Psalms 132:7–8 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> to the Israelite nation and served as the center of their faith. | The '''ark'''<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ark Ark], ''Merriam-Webster Dictionary''</ref> '''of the covenant,''' located in the [[The Most Holy Place|Most Holy Place]], was a chest that stored the stone tablets on which the words of the covenant, that is, the [[Ten Commandments]], were engraved. God promised to meet with Israel above the atonement cover over the ark of the covenant.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+25%3A22&version=NIV |title=Exodus 25:22 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> During their [[Life in Desert|life in the wilderness]], the ark of the covenant always preceded Israel. The ark of the covenant was a symbol of God’s power<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Psalms+132%3A7-8&version=NIV |title=Psalms 132:7–8 |publisher= |quote= }}</ref> to the Israelite nation and served as the center of their faith. | ||
==Names and Synonyms== | ==Names and Synonyms== | ||
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==Making of the Ark of the Covenant== | ==Making of the Ark of the Covenant== | ||
[[file:Tabernacle.png|400px|thumb|The Location of the Ark of the Covenant in the sanctuary]] | [[file:Tabernacle.png|400px|thumb|The Location of the Ark of the Covenant in the sanctuary]] | ||
God descended on Mount Sinai and personally proclaimed the Ten Commandments to the Israelites.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+20&OLWordSearchRange=beg&version=NIV Exodus 20]</ref> Afterward, Moses was called to Mount Sinai and commanded to build a [[Sanctuary (Tabernacle)|sanctuary]] to store the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments written by God Himself. The ark of the covenant was then made to house the Ten Commandments, and it was placed in the most sacred inner room of the sanctuary, the [[Most Holy Place]].<br> | God descended on Mount Sinai and personally proclaimed the Ten Commandments to the Israelites.<ref>[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+20&OLWordSearchRange=beg&version=NIV Exodus 20]</ref> Afterward, Moses was called to Mount Sinai and commanded to build a [[Sanctuary (Tabernacle)|sanctuary]] to store the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments written by God Himself. The ark of the covenant was then made to house the Ten Commandments, and it was placed in the most sacred inner room of the sanctuary, the [[The Most Holy Place|Most Holy Place]].<br> | ||
{{quote5 |내용= “Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I [Jehovah] will dwell among them. . . . Have them make an '''ark''' of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. Overlay it with pure gold, both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it. . . . And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. . . . The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover. Place the cover on top of the ark and '''put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law [Ten Commandments]''' that I will give you. There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites. . . . Put the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law in the '''Most Holy Place'''.” |출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+25%3A8-22%2C+26%3A34&OLWordSearchRange=beg&version=NIV Exodus 25:8–22; 26:34]}} | {{quote5 |내용= “Then have them make a sanctuary for me, and I [Jehovah] will dwell among them. . . . Have them make an '''ark''' of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. Overlay it with pure gold, both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it. . . . And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. . . . The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover. Place the cover on top of the ark and '''put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law [Ten Commandments]''' that I will give you. There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites. . . . Put the atonement cover on the ark of the covenant law in the '''Most Holy Place'''.” |출처=[https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+25%3A8-22%2C+26%3A34&OLWordSearchRange=beg&version=NIV Exodus 25:8–22; 26:34]}} | ||
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==See also== | ==See also== | ||
*[[Sanctuary (Tabernacle)]] | *[[Sanctuary (Tabernacle)]] | ||
*[[Most Holy Place]] | *[[The Most Holy Place|Most Holy Place]] | ||
*[[Temple]] | *[[Temple]] | ||
*[[Jerusalem]] | *[[Jerusalem]] | ||