Nothing was in the ark, only the two tables of stone which Moses put there in Horeb, when Jehovah cut a covenant with the sons of Israel as they went out of the land of Egypt.
In the tabernacle of the congregation from outside the veil which is by the testimony, Aaron and his sons shall arrange them from evening until morning before Jehovah; a never-ending statute for their generations, from the sons of Israel.
And you shall grind some of it fine, and put some of it in front of the testimony in the tabernacle of the congregation, where I meet you. It shall be most holy to you.
And you shall put it in front of the veil which is beside the ark of the testimony; in front of the mercy seat which is over the testimony, there where I meet you.
And when He finished speaking with him on Mount Sinai, He gave to Moses the two tablets of the testimony, tablets of stone, written by the finger of God.
These are the numbered things of the tabernacle, the tabernacle of the testimony, which were numbered at the mouth ofMoses for the service of the Levites in the hand of Ithamar, the son of Aaron the priest.
But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furniture, and over all which is to it. They shall lift up the tabernacle, and all its furniture. And they shall serve it, and shall encamp around the tabernacle.
But the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath on the congregation of the sons of Israel. And the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.
And Jehovah said to Moses, Put back the rod of Aaron, before the testimony, to be kept as a token to the sons of rebellion. And you shall end their murmurings from off Me; and they shall not die.