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"They shall make an ark of acacia wood. Its length shall be two and a half cubits, its breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.

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A Picture of Christ

Multiple commentators, including Spurgeon and Gill, see the ark as a powerful symbol of Jesus Christ. The incorruptible acacia wood represents His perfect, sinless human nature, while the overlay of pure gold signifies His divine nature. Just as the ark was both wood and gold, Jesus is both fully man and fully God.

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Exodus

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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes

On Exodus 25:10–16

18th Century

Theologian

(). 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 freq…

Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott

On Exodus 25:10

19th Century

Bishop

THE ARK.

They shall make an ark.Arôn, the word here rendered “ark,” is an entirely different word from …

Charles Spurgeon

Charles Spurgeon

On Exodus 25:10–11

19th Century

Preacher

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…

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John Gill

John Gill

On Exodus 25:10

17th Century

Pastor

And they shall make an ark of shittim wood
A chest or coffer to put things into, and into this were to be put the tw…

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry

On Exodus 25:10–22

17th Century

Minister

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…