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There was nothing in the ark save the two tables which Moses put [there] at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of Egypt.
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The Covenant's Core
The verse explicitly states that only the two stone tablets were in the Ark. Commentators explain this underscores the absolute centrality of God's law and His covenant relationship with Israel. The tablets themselves were the tangible evidence of the covenant made at Horeb (Sinai).
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2 Chronicles
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19th Century
Anglican
Put therein. —Heb., which Moses put — in Horeb. Kings is fuller and clearer: which Moses placed there in Hor…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 5:1).
Presbyterian
The ark was a type of Christ, and, as such, a token of the presence of God. That gracious promise, Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end o…
