Meaning of Ark of the Covenant | Babel Free

Definitions

The sacred container, a gold-plated wooden chest, of the two tablets of law (the Ten Commandments) given to Moses by the Hebrew God.

Judaism

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“¶ Then Solomon assembled the Elders of Israel, and all the heads of the Tribes, the chiefe of the fathers of the children of Israel vnto Ierusalem, to bring vp the Arke of the Couenant of the Lord, out of the citie of Dauid, which is Zion.”

“Indiana Jones: The city of Tannis is one of the possible resting places of the lost Ark. Eaton: The lost Ark? Jones: Yeah, the Ark of the Covenant, the chest the Hebrews used to carry around the Ten Commandments in. Musgrave: What do you mean the Ten Commandments? You mean the Ten Commandments? Jones: Yes, the actual Ten Commandments, the original stone tablets that Moses brought down out of Mount Horeb and smashed if you believe in that sort of thing.”

“The story was true: In the waning days of the Ottoman Empire, a British expedition set out for Jerusalem to find the ark of the covenant, only to fail, spectacularly, in 1911, in an eruption of political turmoil and religious animosity.[…] The expedition may have had an impact on British foreign policy in the region, Andrew said when we talked, and it helped spawn the world’s ongoing fascination with the ark of the covenant (and Indiana Jones).”

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