Okay, let's start with this one:

Hebrews 9:4

What exactly was IN the ark of the covenant?

According to this verse, INSIDE was the golden pot that had manna and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant.


However, in Deut. 10:3-5, Moses made an ark of wood, and inside were placed the two tables of the covenant (Ten commandments). Also, 1 Kings 8:9 says there was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone, which Moses put there at Horeb when the LORD made a covenant with the children of Israel..."

How is this reconciled?

Shalom,

Tandi