. The ark is uniformly designated in Exodus as the ark of the testimony. Elsewhere it is called the testimony, the ark of the covenant (most freque…

You shall overlay it with pure gold. It is possible, but scarcely probable, that gilding is intended. Gilding was well kn…

The ark of the covenant was the most sacred object in the tabernacle in the wilderness. It stood at the extreme end of the holy of holies. It was t…

And you shall overlay it with pure gold
Not gild it, but put a plate of pure gold over it:

within…

The ark was a chest, overlaid with gold, in which the two tables of the law were to be kept. These tables are called the testimony; God in them tes…