The ark, an acacia-wood box overlaid with gold (25:10–11), will be the sole object in the Most Holy Place. It contains the tablets of the testimony from Mount Sinai, the permanent statement of the covenant relationship. In the ancient Near East it was standard practice to deposit tablets recording treaty relationships. The ark symbolizes the footstool of God’s thr…
Baker Publishing Group, The Baker Illustrated Bible Commentary, by Gary M. Burge