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.
The ark is the chest where God's law, written by His finger, was to rest in the holiest place. Mark how careful preservation of those tables teaches us to treasure God's word, hiding it deep in our hearts as the ark was hidden in the Holy of Holies. Divine Providence guards His revelation in the church as faithfully as ever.
AI summary
Commenting on Exodus 25:10-22
This ark is a striking type of Christ Himself, in whom all the treasures of wisdom and grace lie stored. The incorruptible wood signifies His imperishable divine nature and His resurrection; and all His offices as Prophet, Priest, and King endure forever, as does His fulness of grace.
AI summary
an ark--a coffer or chest, overlaid with gold, the dimensions of which, taking the cubit at eighteen inches, are computed to be three feet nine inches in length, two feet three inches in breadth.