Therewas nothingin the arkexceptthe twotabletswhichMosesput[there] at Horeb,wherethe LORDmadea covenant with the sonsof Israel,when they cameout of Egypt.
"ThereI have setthe arkin whichis the covenantof the LORD,whichHe madewith the sonsof Israel."
Nowthen, ifyou will indeedobeyMy voiceand keepMy covenant,then you shall be My own possessionamongallthe peoples,for allthe earthis Mine;
When He had finishedspeakingwith him upon MountSinai,He gaveMosesthe twotabletsof the testimony,tabletsof stone,writtenby the fingerof God.
It cameabout, as soonas Moses camenearthe camp,that he sawthe calfand [the] dancing;and Moses'angerburned,and he threwthe tabletsfrom his handsand shatteredthem at the footof the mountain.
Now the LORDsaidto Moses,"Cutout for yourself twostonetabletslike the formerones,and I will writeon the tabletsthe wordsthat were on the formertabletswhichyou shattered.
Then he tookthe testimonyand put[it] into the ark,and attachedthe polesto the ark,and putthe mercyseaton topof the ark.
Theseare the wordsof the covenantwhichthe LORDcommandedMosesto makewith the sonsof Israelin the landof Moab,besidesthe covenantwhichHe had madewith them at Horeb.
havinga goldenaltar of incenseand the arkof the covenantcoveredon all sideswith gold,in whichwas a goldenjarholdingthe manna,and Aaron'srodwhich budded,and the tablesof the covenant;