Description
This model of the Ark of the Covenant was made to be placed in the Tabernacle model. The Ark was a box made of shittim wood and overlaid with gold, according to Exodus 25.10-22. It had a golden covering lid, called the mercy seat, out of which two cherubim were crafted. The two tablets of stone on which God had written the Ten Commandments were placed inside the Ark. The Ark was carried by two poles which were placed in rings fixed to the side of the Ark.