the ark, whereinis the covenant of the Lord It has just been said (1 Kings 8:9) that only the two tables of stone were in the ark. They must then be meant by -the covenant of the Lord," and this is borne out by such passages as Deuteronomy 4:23; Deuteronomy 29:25, where the covenant alluded to forms a part of the ten commandments. But -the book of the covenant" (Exodus 24:7) appears to have included all the laws contained in Exodus 20-23.

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