Searches for such biblical relics are compelling, says archaeologist and National Geographic Society fellow Fred Hiebert, but ultimately doomed to failure. Even if there is an ancient, Ark-like object in Ethiopia, he asks, how do you determine it's the one from the Bible?
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In one story, the Jordan River stopped flowing and remained still while a group of priests carrying the ark crossed the river. Other stories describe how the Israelites took the ark with them into battle where the powers of the ark helped the Israelites defeat their enemies. When the ark was captured by the Philistines , outbreaks of tumors and disease afflicted them, forcing the Philistines to return the ark to the Israelites.
Some stories describe how death would come to anyone who touched the ark or looked inside it. There are two biblical stories describing the construction of the ark. The first, and most famous version, is found in the Book of Exodus and describes how a large amount of gold was used to build the ark.
The second version, found in the Book of Deuteronomy, briefly describes the construction of an ark made just of wood. Understanding the stories surrounding the ark is challenging because of the different accounts. According to various biblical texts, there were three things in the ark, which are listed in this old text in Hebrews , "The ark of the covenant [was] covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden jar holding the manna, and Aaron's rod, which budded, and the tablets of the covenant.
The jar of manna, the Ten Commandments and the flowering staff of Aaron were precious and each was a symbol: The manna was something to live from. The tablets of the law were something to live by, and the flowering staff was something to live. The manna was sustenance in the desert.
It was bread of a sort. The manna reminds me of Gandhi's insight, "To a poor man, God is bread. The first is that we must not let our faith outpace the misery in the world. Hunger is basic and if we do not address hunger, nothing else we do for God makes sense. That is why Father Tom Hartman and I spent so much time and energy working with the food rescue network here on Long Island. And it is not only in soup kitchens on Long Island that the miracle of manna is repeated every day by holy people who are birthing God's miracles into this wounded world.
For transportation, the Ark had four rings of gold with two rings on each side. A pole of acacia wood overlaid with gold was placed into the rings to carry the ark. These poles for transportation were to be permanent fixtures and never removed.
There had to be one cherubim of gold on both ends of the mercy seat. The Mercy Seat was where God would dwell. Unlike the statutes of gods idolized by many of the Israelites, the Ark of the Covenant served as a religious symbol where the people could meet with God.
He hovered over the Ark when the priests were present. Thus, the Ark of the Covenant was aptly named because of the commandments written on the tablets. As God gave instructions on how to build the Ark, he also instructed Moses to put in the tablets of the 10 Commandments the law.
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