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You shall overlay it with pure gold. Inside and outside shall you overlay it, and shall make a gold molding around it.
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Exquisite Craftsmanship
The ark was constructed of wood but completely covered, inside and out, with pure gold. Scholars suggest this was likely done with valuable gold plates rather than simple gilding. A 'crown of gold' was a decorative and functional moulding around the top edge, likely to hold the mercy seat in place.
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Exodus
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18th Century
Presbyterian
(). 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…
19th Century
Anglican
You shall overlay it with pure gold. It is possible, but scarcely probable, that gilding is intended. Gilding was well kn…
Baptist
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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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
