Bible Verses about “ark of the covenant”

“God's temple that is in heaven was opened, and the ark of the Lord's covenant was seen in his temple. Lightnings, sounds, thunders, an earthquake, and great hail followed.”

“David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.”

“When Moses went into the Tent of Meeting to speak with Yahweh, he heard his voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the Testimony, from between the two cherubim: and he spoke to him.”

“For a tabernacle was prepared. In the first part were the lampstand, the table, and the show bread; which is called the Holy Place.”

“David and all the house of Israel played before Yahweh with all kinds of [instruments made of] fir wood, and with harps, and with stringed instruments, and with tambourines, and with castanets, and with cymbals.”

“There I will meet with you, and I will tell you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim which are on the ark of the testimony, all that I command you for the children of Israel.”

“Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, "Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people." They took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.”

“and the lamp of God hadn't yet gone out, and Samuel had laid down [to sleep], in the temple of Yahweh, where the ark of God was;”

“After the second veil was the tabernacle which is called the Holy of Holies,”

“having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron's rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;”

“The cherubim shall spread out their wings upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat.”

“and above it cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat, of which things we can't speak now in detail.”

“It shall come to pass, when you are multiplied and increased in the land, in those days," says Yahweh, "they shall say no more, 'The ark of the covenant of Yahweh!' neither shall it come to mind; neither shall they remember it; neither shall they miss it; neither shall it be made any more.”

“They set forward from the Mount of Yahweh three days' journey. The ark of the covenant of Yahweh went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting place for them.”

“Now indeed even the first covenant had ordinances of divine service, and an earthly sanctuary.”

“"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.”

“You shall overlay it with pure gold. You shall overlay it inside and outside, and you shall make a gold molding around it.”

“You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four feet. Two rings shall be on the one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.”

“You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.”

“You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.”

“The poles shall be in the rings of the ark. They shall not be taken from it.”

“You shall put the testimony which I shall give you into the ark.”

“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold. Two and a half cubits shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its breadth.”

“You shall make two cherubim of hammered gold. You shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat.”

“Make one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. You shall make the cherubim on its two ends of one piece with the mercy seat.”

“You shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony that I will give you.”

“Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood. Its length was two and a half cubits, and its breadth a cubit and a half, and a cubit and a half its height.”

“He overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and made a molding of gold for it around it.”

“He cast four rings of gold for it, in its four feet; even two rings on its one side, and two rings on its other side.”

“He made poles of acacia wood, and overlaid them with gold.”

“He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to bear the ark.”

“He made a mercy seat of pure gold. Its length was two and a half cubits, and a cubit and a half its breadth.”

“He made two cherubim of gold. He made them of beaten work, at the two ends of the mercy seat;”

“one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end. He made the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat at its two ends.”

“The cherubim spread out their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward one another. The faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.”

“He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty thousand seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.”

“Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, "How glorious the king of Israel was today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!"”

“There was nothing in the ark except the two tables of stone which Moses put there at Horeb, when Yahweh made a covenant with the children of Israel, when they came out of the land of Egypt.”

“It was so, as the ark of Yahweh came into the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David leaping and dancing before Yahweh; and she despised him in her heart.”

“David again gathered together all the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand.”

“David arose, and went with all the people who were with him, from Baale Judah, to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name, even the name of Yahweh of Armies who sits [above] the cherubim.”

“They set the ark of God on a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.”

“They brought it out of the house of Abinadab, which was in the hill, with the ark of God: and Ahio went before the ark.”

“When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put forth [his hand] to the ark of God, and took hold of it; for the cattle stumbled.”

“The anger of Yahweh was kindled against Uzzah; and God struck him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.”

“David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken forth on Uzzah; and he called that place Perez Uzzah, to this day.”

“David was afraid of Yahweh that day; and he said, "How shall the ark of Yahweh come to me?"”

“So David would not move the ark of Yahweh to be with him in the city of David; but David carried it aside into the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite.”

“The ark of Yahweh remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months: and Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom, and all his house.”

“It was told king David, saying, "Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that pertains to him, because of the ark of God." David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom into the city of David with joy.”