Ark of the Covenant
49 passages listed in Nave’s Topical Bible and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook. Verse text: Berean Standard Bible; links open in your translation.
29 sections
- A Copy of the Law Laid in the Side of
- A Symbol of the Presence and Glory of God
- A Type of Christ
- Anointed with Sacred Oil
- At Kirjath-Jearim Twenty Years
- Brought by Solomon Into the Temple with Great Solemnity
- Brought Into the City of David
- Captured by the Philistines
- Covered with the Vail by the Priests Before Removal
- David Made a Tent For
- Dimensions of
- Entirely Covered with Gold
- Esteemed the Glory of Israel
- Furnished with Rings and Staves
- Mercy-Seat Laid Upon
- Miracles Connected With: Fall of Dagon
- Miracles Connected With: Fall of the Walls of Jericho
- Miracles Connected With: Jordan Divided
- Miracles Connected With: Manner of Its Restoration
- Miracles Connected With: Philistines Plagued
- Placed in the Holy of Holies
- Profanation of, Punished
- Protecting of, Rewarded
- Removed from Kirjath-Jearim to the House of Obed-Edom
- Sanctified Its Resting Place
- Surrounded with a Crown of Gold
- Tables of Testimony Alone Placed In
- The Israelites Enquired of the Lord Before
- The Pot of Manna and Aaron's Rod Laid up Before
A Copy of the Law Laid in the Side of
- Deuteronomy 31:26 “Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, so that it may remain there as a witness against you.
A Symbol of the Presence and Glory of God
- Numbers 14:43–44 For there the Amalekites and Canaanites will face you, and you will fall by the sword. Because you have turned away from the LORD, He will not be with you.” …
- Joshua 1:6 Be strong and courageous, for you shall give these people the inheritance of the land that I swore to their fathers I would give them.
- 1 Samuel 14:18–19 Then Saul said to Ahijah, “Bring the ark of God.” (For at that time it was with the Israelites.) …
- Psalm 132:8 Arise, O LORD, to Your resting place, You and the ark of Your strength.
A Type of Christ
- Psalm 40:8 I delight to do Your will, O my God; Your law is within my heart.”
- Revelation 11:19 Then the temple of God in heaven was opened, and the ark of His covenant appeared in His temple. And there were flashes of lightning, rumblings, peals of thunder, an earthquake, and a great hailstorm.
Anointed with Sacred Oil
- Exodus 30:26 Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony,
At Kirjath-Jearim Twenty Years
- 1 Samuel 7:1–2 Then the men of Kiriath-jearim came for the ark of the LORD and took it into Abinadab’s house on the hill. And they consecrated his son Eleazar to guard the ark of the LORD. …
Brought by Solomon Into the Temple with Great Solemnity
- 1 Kings 8:1–6 At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel — all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites — to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David. …
- 2 Chronicles 5:2–9 At that time Solomon assembled in Jerusalem the elders of Israel— all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites — to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David. …
Brought Into the City of David
- 2 Samuel 6:12–15 Now it was reported to King David, “The LORD has blessed the house of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and had the ark of God brought up from the house of Obed-edom into the City of …
- 1 Chronicles 15:25–28 So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom. …
Captured by the Philistines
- 1 Samuel 4:11 The ark of God was captured, and Eli’s two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, died.
Covered with the Vail by the Priests Before Removal
- Numbers 4:5–6 Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it. …
David Made a Tent For
- 2 Samuel 6:17 So they brought the ark of the LORD and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 15:1 David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
Dimensions of
- Exodus 25:10 And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
- Exodus 37:1 Bezalel went on to construct the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
Entirely Covered with Gold
- Exodus 25:11 Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.
- Exodus 37:2 He overlaid it with pure gold, both inside and out, and made a gold molding around it.
Esteemed the Glory of Israel
- 1 Samuel 4:21–22 And she named the boy Ichabod, saying, “The glory has departed from Israel,” because the ark of God had been captured and her father-in-law and her husband had been killed. …
Furnished with Rings and Staves
- Exodus 25:12–15 Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other. …
- Exodus 37:3–5 And he cast four gold rings for its four feet, two rings on one side and two on the other. …
Mercy-Seat Laid Upon
- Exodus 25:21 Set the mercy seat atop the ark and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
- Exodus 26:34 Put the mercy seat on the ark of the Testimony in the Most Holy Place.
Miracles Connected With: Fall of Dagon
- 1 Samuel 5:1–4 After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod, …
Miracles Connected With: Fall of the Walls of Jericho
- Joshua 6:6–20 So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.” …
Miracles Connected With: Jordan Divided
- Joshua 4:7 you are to tell them, ‘The waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it crossed the Jordan, the waters were cut off.’ Therefore these stones will be a memorial to the Israelites forever.”
Miracles Connected With: Manner of Its Restoration
- 1 Samuel 6:1–18 When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months, …
Miracles Connected With: Philistines Plagued
- 1 Samuel 5:6–12 Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors. …
Placed in the Holy of Holies
- Exodus 26:33 And hang the veil from the clasps and place the ark of the Testimony behind the veil. So the veil will separate the Holy Place from the Most Holy Place.
- Exodus 40:21 Then he brought the ark into the tabernacle, put up the veil for the screen, and shielded off the ark of the Testimony, just as the LORD had commanded him.
- Hebrews 9:3–4 Behind the second curtain was a room called the Most Holy Place, …
Profanation of, Punished
- Numbers 4:5 Whenever the camp sets out, Aaron and his sons are to go in, take down the veil of the curtain, and cover the ark of the Testimony with it.
- Numbers 4:15 When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will …
- 1 Samuel 6:19 But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.
- 1 Chronicles 15:13 It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
Protecting of, Rewarded
- 1 Chronicles 13:14 Thus the ark of God remained with the family of Obed-edom in his house for three months, and the LORD blessed his household and everything he owned.
Removed from Kirjath-Jearim to the House of Obed-Edom
- 2 Samuel 6:1–11 David again assembled the chosen men of Israel, thirty thousand in all. …
Sanctified Its Resting Place
- 2 Chronicles 8:11 Solomon brought the daughter of Pharaoh up from the City of David to the palace he had built for her. For he said, “My wife must not live in the house of David king of Israel, because the places the ark of the LORD has entered are holy.”
Surrounded with a Crown of Gold
- Exodus 25:11 Overlay it with pure gold both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.
Tables of Testimony Alone Placed In
- Exodus 25:16 And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.
- Exodus 25:21 Set the mercy seat atop the ark and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.
- 1 Kings 8:9 There was nothing in the ark except the two stone tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of the land of Egypt.
- 1 Kings 8:21 And there I have provided a place for the ark, which contains the covenant of the LORD that He made with our fathers when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.”
- 2 Chronicles 5:10 There was nothing in the ark except the two tablets that Moses had placed in it at Horeb, where the LORD had made a covenant with the Israelites after they had come out of Egypt.
- Hebrews 9:4 containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
The Israelites Enquired of the Lord Before
- Joshua 7:6–9 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown before the ark of the LORD until evening, as did the elders of Israel; and they all sprinkled dust on their heads. …
- Judges 20:27 And the Israelites inquired of the LORD. (In those days the ark of the covenant of God was there,
- 1 Chronicles 13:3 Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”
The Pot of Manna and Aaron's Rod Laid up Before
- Hebrews 9:4 containing the golden altar of incense and the gold-covered ark of the covenant. Inside the ark were the gold jar of manna, Aaron’s staff that had budded, and the stone tablets of the covenant.
- Exodus 16:33–34 So Moses told Aaron, “Take a jar and fill it with an omer of manna. Then place it before the LORD to be preserved for the generations to come.” …
- Numbers 17:10 The LORD said to Moses, “Put Aaron’s staff back in front of the Testimony, to be kept as a sign for the rebellious, so that you may put an end to their grumbling against Me, lest they die.”
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Topics: Nave’s Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey’s New Topical Textbook (1897), public domain, via the Berean Bible topical index.