v. Covenant, Mercy Seat
Gen 6:14 make yourself an a of gopher wood; you will do
Gen 7:1 said ..Enter you and all your house into it
Gen 8:4 the a.. rested on the mountains of Ararat
Gen 8:16 come out of a you, and your wife, and your children
Exo 25:10 they will make… an a of acacia wood
Exo 37:1 made .. Bezaleel the a of acacia wood
Exo 40:3 and you shall put in it the a of testimony, and the
Num 10:33 the a of the covenant .. went before them
Jos 3:3 when you see the a of the covenant of Jehovah
Jos 6:11 made the a of Jehovah go around
Jos 8:33 stood on either side of the a
Jdg 20:27 the a of God’s covenant was there
1Sa 4:3 let us bring to ourselves from Shiloh the a of the
1Sa 4:11 the a of God was taken, and the dead
1Sa 5:7 let not the a of the God of
1Sa 6:11 they put the a of the Lord on the chariot
1Sa 6:19 had looked into the a of the Lord
1Sa 7:1 they brought the a.. into the house of Abinadab
1Sa 14:18 Saul said to Ahijah: Bring the a of God
2Sa 6:2 to cause the a of God to pass from there
2Sa 15:29 Zadok and Abiathar returned the a of God
1Ki 8:1 bring the a of the .. of the city of David
2Ki 12:9 Jehoiada took an a and made in the lid a
1Ch 13:3 let us bring the a of our God to
1Ch 15:2 the a of God is not to be carried but
1Ch 16:1 they brought the a of God, and put it
2Ch 5:2 that they should bring the a of the covenant of Jehovah
2Ch 6:11 and in it I have put the a, in which is
2Ch 24:8 So the king commanded that they make a
Jer 3:16 no more shall it be said: A of the covenant of Jehovah
Matt 24:38; Luk 17:27 day that Noah entered the a
Tue 12:41; Luk 21:1 people threw money into the a
Heb 9:4 the a of the covenant covered with gold all over
Heb 11:7 by faith Noah .. fearfully prepared the a
1Pe 3:20 while the a was being prepared, in which
Rev 11:19 the a of his covenant was seen in the temple
when the earth was filled with the violence of men, Yahweh decided to destroy them with the flood, and wanted only Noah, a righteous man, to be saved along with his family. He then ordered her to make an a. in which he had to enter with his family, as well as the clean and impure animals, in pairs, in order to save them from punishment. The ark had to be made of resinous wood, reeds, caulked inside and out with bitumen, and whose measurements were three hundred cubits in length, fifty in width and thirty in height Gn 6 and 7. Noah’s ark had only one door, which Yahweh closed once everyone entered it, a passage that has been taken as a symbol of the door through which one enters salvation and that one day will also close, as in the parable of the ten virgins Mt 25, 1-13; Baptism saves, as those in the ark were saved through water 1 Pet 3, 20-22. Noah’s ark, once the waters subsided, landed on the mountains of ® Ararat.
Digital Bible Dictionary, Grupo C Service & Design Ltda., Colombia, 2003
Source: Digital Bible Dictionary
(Heb., tevah, chest, floating ship; in the Bible the Heb. word always has the second meaning). It is used to name the boat that God instructed Noah to build to save himself and his family from the flood (Gen 6: 14-16; Mat 24:38; Luk 17:27; Heb 11: 7; 1Pe 3: twenty). After Noah left the ark (Gen 8:18-19) it is not known what happened to it, despite many traditions and expeditions. The same Hebrew word. it is used for the reed basket in which the infant Moses was placed (Exo 2:2-5).
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
– From Noah. Figure of the only church of Christ. Whoever is not in it is condemned, drowns, Gen 6:8, 1Pe 3:20-21, Mat 24:37, Heb 11:7.
– Of the Alliance: It contained the manna, Aaron’s rod, and the tables of the alliance: (Heb 9:4). It was a symbol of the Eucharist, where it is, not the manna, but the very Body of Christ, with the Priest, symbolized by the rod of the Priest Aaron; and the law, symbolizing that it must be taken in grace under the Law of the Lord. Ex. 16.25; Isaiah 3:3.
Christian Bible Dictionary
Dr. J. Dominguez
http://bible.com/dictionary/
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
(-> ecology, temple, Noah). There are two fundamental symbolic arks in the history of Israel, whose meaning can be linked. Both express the presence of God and open a way of salvation for men.
(1) Noah’s ark is called tebah and is not †˜aron like the ark of the covenant, but it is linked to God’s covenant (cf. Gn 6:18) and constitutes a dramatic symbolization of God’s covenant with men . Well, in this context, what is novel and great is that God has had compassion on Noah (which is what his name means), teaching him to build an ark-tebah, a great floating house or boat in which men and animals can oppose the risk of its destruction, thus making the crossing of the deluge. Men and animals have been companions since the beginning of life’s journey, and together they have shared a risk, which has arisen in large part because of human violence. That is why they must be companions in salvation. This means that men must open a space in their ark not only for themselves (or for some privileged among them), but for the same animals, as a space of shared existence for all living beings. The ark is an ecological paradigm of solidarity and universal salvation. A humanity in which only a few wanted to remain, a humanity that only wanted to save itself, would destroy itself. In another time, according to the symbol of Gen 6-7, only a few men and animals were saved in the ark. In the ark of future humanity, according to the testimony of Christ, there must be room for everyone.
(2) The Ark of the Covenant (†œaron berit: cf. Ex 25,10-22, Nm 10,33) is one of the most important institutions and symbols in the history of Israel. In many towns there have been sacred chests that contain documents or religious testimonies of various kinds. In Israel there is an ark of the covenant, which acts as a reliquary (†˜aron) and serves as a place and a sign of God’s presence, (a) Description. It appears cited in ancient texts, such as 1 Sam 4-6, 2 Sam 6 and 1 Kings 8,1-11. A later text of the Pentateuch describes it this way: “They will also make an ark of acacia wood; its length shall be two and a half cubits, its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits. You shall overlay it with pure gold inside and out, and you shall put a gold cornice on top and around it… You shall make a mercy seat of fine gold, the length of which shall be two and a half cubits, and its width one and a half cubits. You shall also make two cherubim of gold; You shall make them hammered at the two ends of the mercy seat… The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with them; they will be facing each other, with their faces looking toward the mercy seat. Then you will put the mercy seat on top of the Ark, and in the Ark you will put the tablets of the covenant that I will give you. There I will manifest myself to you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubim that are on the Ark of the Testimony, everything that I command you for the children of Israel” (Ex 25,10-22). The ark was a sign of the Israelite God, “enthroned on cherubim” (1 Sam 4,2-4), and the tradition of Israel supposes that it served to contain sacred objects of the cult of Yahweh and of the alliance of the tribes of Israel, ( b) Military ark. She was also a warrior symbol, so that the priests took her to battle as the supreme totemic insignia of the federates of Israel, as a sign of God’s presence and bearer of triumph for the Israelites, who thought they were invincible while they had her in their arms. possession. Despite this, she came to fall into the hands of the Philistines, who guarded her with sacred terror, until David recovered her and enthroned her in his city of Jerusalem (cf. 2 Sm 4-7) and Solomon later introduced her into the temple (cf. 1 Kgs 8:6-12). The tradition of the ark is linked to the crossing of the Jordan and the historical or symbolic conquest of Jericho (Jos 1-6), appearing as a sign of the presence of a God who walks with his people. The God of the oldest Israelites did not need temples or stable buildings, but he walked with his faithful, being able to be carried in an ark, place of his presence and sign of his transcendence. (c) Mercy ark and cherubim. At a certain moment, a sacred cover called the mercy seat was placed on the ark, so that it became the supreme sign of God’s presence and forgiveness. That cover was a fine gold tablet that covered the ark from above and that supported two cherubim that are an expression of the holiness of God. The God of Israel was not identified with the cherubim, but expressed himself through them, as a sacred presence that flies over and sustains the lives of the faithful. God is also not the mercy seat or holy plate, but the Israelites discover his presence there and celebrate his forgiveness. God is not the ark either, but the interior of the ark is like the space of his presence among men. Finally, as a supreme expression of God’s presence, the tables of the covenant are placed in the ark, containing the commandments of God and the commitments of fidelity of the people, (d) The end of the ark. The ark of the ancient temple in Jerusalem was destroyed in the conquest of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar (587 BC), as Jr 3:16 evokes (the people mourn the loss of the ark!) and was never rebuilt. In the second Temple (built around 515 BC) there was no longer an ark, despite the perhaps only symbolic references that Lev 16 makes to the mercy seat, which used to be linked to the ark (cf. Lev 16,2.13-15). In the new ideal temple of Ez 41,3 there does not seem to be any place for the ark. On the other hand, Flavio Josefo affirms that the interior sanctuary of the temple was totally empty (BJ 5,5,5). According to a legend in 2 Mac 2:4-8, Jeremiah had hidden the ark in a secret place, which would not be known until God’s final revelation. Along these lines, the ark received great symbolic importance and is thus recalled by the New Testament in some very significant texts such as Heb 9,4 and especially in Rev 11,19, where it appears in the midst of the theophanic features of the storm, as announcing that through the Woman and her Son (Rev 12) the creative work of God will be carried out.
Cf. R. DE VAUX, Institutions of the Old Testament, Herder, Barcelona 1985, 392398.
PIKAZA, Javier, Dictionary of the Bible. History and Word, Divine Word, Navarra 2007
Source: Dictionary of Bible History and Word
1. Noah’s ark was the provision that allowed the ancestors of all mankind to survive the global flood in 2370-2369 BC. CE (See FLOOD; NOE.) Jehovah gave Noah detailed instructions regarding its size, shape, lighting and ventilation system, as well as the materials to be used for its construction. (Ge 6:14-16.)
Design and size. The ark (Heb. te·vah; Gr. ki·bo·tos·) was rectangular, resembling a chest, with square corners and a flat bottom. It didn’t need a rounded bottom or a pointed bow to cut through the water quickly, nor a mechanism to steer it; it just needed to be airtight and float. A boat of this shape is very stable, and it is not easy to make it…