covenant box
wooden box, overlaid with gold and with a golden cover with cherubs, normally placed behind the veil in the tabernacle or temple, but also carried along during military campaigns; symbolizes the presence of YHWH among his people and used to store the two tablets with the law of God and other objects representing important events in the history of Israel
“covenant box.” Atlas. Accessed 2026. https://fcbh-atlas.vercel.app/en/term/covenant-box
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