Ark

How Nave’s arranged it

• 1. NOAH'S
• Directions for building ofGenesis 6:14–16
• Noah and family preserved inGenesis 6:18Genesis 7:8Matthew 24:38Hebrews 11:71 Peter 3:20
• Animals saved inGenesis 6:19Genesis 6:20Genesis 7:1–16
• 2. Of BULLRUSHESExodus 2:3
• 3. IN THE TABERNACLE. Called THE ARK
• OF THE COVENANTNumbers 10:33Deuteronomy 31:26Joshua 4:71 Samuel 4:32 Samuel 15:241 Chronicles 15:251 Chronicles 17:1Jeremiah 3:16Hebrews 9:4
• OF THE TESTIMONYExodus 30:6
• OF THE LORDJoshua 4:111 Samuel 4:61 Samuel 6:12 Samuel 6:92 Samuel 15:122 Samuel 16:4
• OF GOD1 Samuel 3:31 Samuel 4:111 Samuel 4:171 Samuel 4:221 Samuel 6:31 Samuel 14:182 Samuel 6:72 Samuel 7:22 Samuel 15:251 Chronicles 13:121 Chronicles 15:11 Chronicles 15:21 Chronicles 15:151 Chronicles 15:241 Chronicles 16:1
• OF GOD'S STRENGTH2 Chronicles 6:41
• Sanctification ofExodus 30:26

The passages, in Bible order (93)

The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.

1. Genesis 6:14–16

   Make for yourself an ark of gopher wood; make rooms in the ark and coat it with pitch inside and out.

   ›Commentary on Genesis 6:14–162 voices

   We read in Genesis that the ark that Noah built was three hundred cubits long, fifty cubits wide and thirty cubits high. Notice the mystical significance of the numbers. In the number fifty, penance is symbolized because the fiftieth psalm of King David is the prayer of his repentance. Three hundred contains the symbol of crucifixion. The letter T is the sign for three hundred, whence Ezekiel says, "Mark THAV on the forehead of those who moan; and do not kill any marked with THAV."

   “Make thee an ark of Gopher wood,.... It is not called a ship, for it was not made for sailing to any distant parts, but an ark or chest, being like one, flat bottomed, and ridged and sloping upwards, and was made for floating on the waters for a little way.

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2. Genesis 6:18

   But I will establish My covenant with you, and you will enter the ark—you and your sons and your wife and your sons’ wives with you.

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   “And therefore, since all earthly things perish in the flood, but the just alone remains forever, it is said to him: I will establish my covenant with thee; for he is the heir of divine grace, he is the heavenly possessor of the inheritance, the sharer in the most blessed goods.

   “But with thee will I establish my covenant,....

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3. Genesis 6:19

   And you are to bring two of every living creature into the ark—male and female—to keep them alive with you.

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   “And of every living thing of all flesh, two of every sort shalt thou bring into the ark,....

   “To keep them alive - God might have destroyed all the animal creation, and created others to occupy the new world, but he chose rather to preserve those already created. The Creator and Preserver of the universe does nothing but what is essentially necessary to be done. Nothing should be wantonly wasted; nor should power or skill be lavished where no necessity exists; and yet it required more means and economy to preserve the old than to have created new ones.

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4. Genesis 6:20

   Two of every kind of bird and animal and crawling creature will come to you to be kept alive.

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   “On that same day elephants came from the east, apes and peacocks approached from the south, other animals gathered from the west, and still others hastened to come from the north. Lions came from the jungles, and wild beasts arrived from their lairs. Deer and …

   “Of fowls after their kind, and of cattle after their kind, of every creeping thing of the earth after his kind,....

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5. Genesis 7:1–16

   Then the LORD said to Noah, “Go into the ark, you and all your family, because I have found you righteous in this generation.

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   “However, a higher understanding leads us to think that the strength of the mind is in the soul, and the soul is in the body, just as the head of the household is in his own home. For what the mind is in the soul, that is the soul in the body. If the mind is safe, the house is safe, the soul is safe; if the soul is unharmed, the flesh is unharmed.

   “And the Lord said unto Noah,....

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6. Genesis 7:8

   The clean and unclean animals, the birds, and everything that crawls along the ground

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   “Of clean beasts, and of beasts that are not clean,.... Seven couple of the one, and a couple of the other: and of fowls, clean and unclean, also a like number: and of everything that creepeth upon the earth; and upon that only, not in the water, for these had no need of the ark, they could live in the waters.

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7. Exodus 2:3

   But when she could no longer hide him, she got him a papyrus basket and coated it with tar and pitch. Then she placed the child in the basket and set it among the reeds along the bank of the Nile.

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   “Thus Moses in a former age Escaped proud Pharaoh's foolish law, And as the savior of his race Prefigured Christ who was to come. A cruel edict had been passed Forbidding Hebrew mothers all, When sons were born to them, to rear These virile pledges …

   “And when she could no longer hide him,....

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8. Exodus 16:33

   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.”

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   “And Moses said unto Aaron, take a pot,....

   “A pot - The word here used occurs in no other passage. It corresponds in form and use to the Egyptian for a casket or vase in which oblations were presented.

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9. Exodus 16:34

   And Aaron placed it in front of the Testimony, to be preserved just as the LORD had commanded Moses.

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   “As the Lord commanded Moses, so Aaron laid it up before the testimony, to be kept. That is, before the ark of the testimony; when that was made, as it was in a little time after this, called the testimony, because it contained in it the law, which was a testimony or testification of the mind and will of God unto Israel, see Exo 25:16 the apostle says, the pot of manna was in the ark, Heb 9:4 that is, on one side of it; see Gill on Heb 9:4.

   “Laid it up before the testimony - The עדות eduth or testimony belonged properly to the tabernacle, but that was not yet built. Some are of opinion that the tabernacle, built under the direction of Moses, was only a renewal of one that had existed in the patriarchal times. See Clarke’s note on Exo 16:9. The word signifies reference to something beyond itself; thus the tabernacle, the manna, the tables of stone, Aaron’s rod, etc., all bore reference and testimony to that spiritual good which was yet to come, viz., Jesus Christ and his salvation.

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10. Exodus 25:10–15

    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.

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    “But when the passage about the equipment of the tabernacle is read, believing that the things described therein are types, some seek for ideas which they can attach to each detail that is mentioned in connection with the tabernacle. Now so far as concerns their belief that the tabernacle is a type of something they are not wrong. But in rightly attaching the word of Scripture to the particular idea of which the tabernacle is a type, here they sometimes fall into error.

    “And they shall make an ark of shittim wood,....

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11. Exodus 25:16

    And place inside the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.

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    “And thou shall put into the ark the testimony that I shall give thee.

    “The testimony - The two tables of stone which were not yet given; these tables were called עדת eduth, from עד forward, onward, to bear witness to or of a person or thing. Not only the tables of stone, but all the contents of the ark, Aaron’s rod, the pot of manna, the holy anointing oil, etc., bore testimony to the Messiah in his prophetic, sacerdotal, and regal offices.

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12. Exodus 25:21

    Set the mercy seat atop the ark, and put the Testimony that I will give you into the ark.

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    “Whoever looks upon this mercy seat with full turning of the countenance, gazing upon him who hangs upon the cross through faith, hope, and charity, devotion, admiration, exultation, appreciation, praise, and jubilation, makes the Passover, that is, the passing over, with him, so as to …

    “And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark,....

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13. 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.

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    “If the ancient custom of sacrifices is clear to you, let us see what these things also contain according to the mystical understanding. You heard that there were two sanctuaries, one, as it were, visible and open to the priests; the other, as it were, invisible and inaccessible. With the exception of the high priest alone, the others were outside.

    “And thou shall hang up the vail under the taches,....

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14. Exodus 30:6

    Place the altar in front of the veil that is before the ark of the Testimony—before the mercy seat that is over the Testimony—where I will meet with you.

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    “The ark of the covenant, which was inside the veil, … very suitably symbolizes the nature of [Christ's] humanity. The urn [containing] manna symbolizes the fullness of his divinity. The staff of Aaron symbolizes the indestructible power of his priesthood, [and] the tablets of the …

    “Thou shalt put it before the vail,....

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15. Exodus 30:26

    Use this oil to anoint the Tent of Meeting, the ark of the Testimony,

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    “And thou shall anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith,....

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16. Exodus 35:12

    the ark with its poles and mercy seat, and the veil to shield it;

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    “The ark and the staves thereof,.... To carry it with, which were all made of shittim wood: with the mercy seat; made of pure gold; these were set in the most holy place: and the vail of the covering; which divided between the holy and the holy of holies; of these see Exo 25:10.

    “The covering - This is not the same as the covering of Exo 35:11, which denotes the covering of the tent (see Exo 26:14): the word is used here for the entrance curtains (see Exo 26:36; Exo 27:16).

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