The Ark of the Covenant, also known as the Ark of the Testimony or the Ark of God, is believed to have been the most sacred religious relic of the Israelites. It is described as a wooden chest coated in pure gold and topped of by an elaborate golden lid known as the mercy seat.. According to the Book of Exodus and the First Book of Kings in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament, the Ark contained the Tablets of the Law, by which God delivered the Ten Commandments to Moses at Mount Sinai. According to the Book of Exodus, the Book of Numbers, and the Epistle to the Hebrews in the New Testament, it also contained Aaron's rod and a pot of manna.
NEW TESTAMENT:[]
Literal Old Testament Ark
In the New Testament, the Ark is mentioned in the Letter to the Hebrews and the Revelation to St. John. Hebrews (9:4) states that the Ark contained "The golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the Two Tablets of the Covenant." Revelation 11:19 says the prophet saw God's Temple in Heaven opened, "and the Ark of the Covenant was seen within His Temple."