the Ark of the Covenant, the Ark of the Testimony
The Ark that was in the Tabernacle and in which the Tablets of the Ten Commandments were placed.
("And Joshua said to the priests, saying, Take up the Ark of the Covenant, and pass on before the people; and they took up the Ark of the Covenant and went before the people"—Joshua 3:6. Likewise: "And you shall put the mercy seat upon the Ark of the Testimony in the Holy of Holies"—Exodus 26:34.)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית, אֲרוֹן הָעֵדוּת
Definition (Hebrew)
הָאָרוֹן שֶׁהָיָה בַּמִּשְׁכָּן וּבוֹ הֻנְּחוּ עֲשֶׂרֶת הַדִּבְּרוֹת.
("וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוֹשֻׁעַ אֶל הַכֹּהֲנִים לֵאמֹר שְׂאוּ אֶת אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית וְעִבְרוּ לִפְנֵי הָעָם וַיִּשְׂאוּ אֶת אֲרוֹן הַבְּרִית וַיֵּלְכוּ לִפְנֵי הָעָם"- יְהוֹשֻׁעַ ג ו, וְכֵן:"וְנָתַתָּ אֶת הַכַּפֹּרֶת עַל אֲרוֹן הָעֵדֻת בְּקֹדֶשׁ הַקֳּדָשִׁים"- שְׁמוֹת כו לֵד)