Ark of the Covenant
Tablets' golden vessel
The Ark of the Covenant is the sacred chest described in the Hebrew Bible, built to hold the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments.
According to Exodus, God gave Moses precise instructions for its construction: acacia wood overlaid with gold, topped by two golden cherubim.
The Ark represented God's presence among the Israelites and was carried before them in battle and housed in the Temple's innermost chamber.
Its fate after the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem remains unknown, spawning centuries of speculation and treasure-hunting narratives: Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Authoritative rules demanding compliance
- MosesHebrew prophet, liberator
- AaronOld Testament priest
- tabernaclePortable sacred dwelling
- cherubimHebrew plural for certain angels
mercy seat · testimony · Exodus · Sinai · Leviticus · Numbers · Deuteronomy · priesthood
Mass departure from somewhere
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- twelve tribesHebrew ancestral divisions
- CanaanAncient Palestinian region
- Jordan RiverMiddle Eastern waterway ending saltily
Jericho · Joshua · Levites · Shiloh · Philistines · Samuel · battle standard · Eli
Sacred spiritual purity
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- relicPreserved ancient object
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
- veneratedRegarded with profound respect
hallowed · divine · reverence · blessed · spiritual · sacred object · untouchable · forbidden
Unable to navigate
- hiddenKept out of sight
- EthiopiaHorn of Africa nation
- TemplarsCrusading monastic knights
- questSeeking journey for something
mystery · treasure · discovery · theories · location · search · Chartres · underground
- Lost ArkDisappeared sacred vessel
- NazisGerman totalitarian party members
- opening ceremonyFormal start of event
- warehouseBulk goods storage building
Spielberg · Harrison Ford · crate · adventure · archaeology · artifact · treasure hunt · headpiece
commandments
Authoritative rules demanding compliance
- MosesHebrew prophet, liberator
- AaronOld Testament priest
- tabernaclePortable sacred dwelling
cherubim · mercy seat · testimony · Exodus · Sinai · Leviticus · Numbers · Deuteronomy · priesthood · Holy of Holies
exodus
Mass departure from somewhere
- wildernessUncultivated, uninhabited natural region
- twelve tribesHebrew ancestral divisions
- CanaanAncient Palestinian region
Jordan River · Jericho · Joshua · Levites · Shiloh · Philistines · Samuel · battle standard · Eli · captured
holiness
Sacred spiritual purity
- sanctityQuality of being inviolable
- relicPreserved ancient object
- consecratedDeclared sacred through ritual
venerated · hallowed · divine · reverence · blessed · spiritual · sacred object · untouchable · forbidden · death
lost
Unable to navigate
quest · mystery · treasure · discovery · theories · location · search · Chartres · underground · secret
Indiana Jones
- Lost ArkDisappeared sacred vessel
- NazisGerman totalitarian party members
- opening ceremonyFormal start of event
Spielberg · Harrison Ford · warehouse · crate · adventure · archaeology · artifact · treasure hunt · headpiece · map room
- sacred relicsHoly Grail, Shroud of Turin, True Cross, Spear of Destiny, Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Biblical ReferencesAdam and Eve, ark, forbidden fruit, Garden of Eden, Ten Commandments
- Christian loreAdam, Eve, Adam and Eve, Noah, Satan
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Torah, Hanukkah
- Hebrew BibleTanakh, Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers
- Jewish HistoryHolocaust, Abraham, Moses, David, Solomon
Ark of the Covenantgraven image
Sculpted object of worship
abomination · cursed object · idol · throne
Ark of the Covenanthigh places
Elevated locations above ground