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Moses Showing the Tables of the Law to the People, oil painting by Rembrandt, 1659; in the Staatliche Museen Preussischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin.
In Jewish and Christian tradition, the Ark of the Covenant is described as a gold-plated wooden chest that housed the two tablets of the Law, which bear the Ten Commandments given to Moses by God.12
The Ark served as a sacred vessel that the Israelites carried with them during their wanderings in the wilderness and eventually placed within the Holy of Holies of the Temple of Jerusalem.12