Ex 25, 10-15 You shall make an ark of acacia wood

Exodus 25 (chosen pages)

(Ex 25, 10-15) You shall make an ark of acacia wood

[10] "You shall make an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high. [11] Plate it inside and outside with pure gold, and put a molding of gold around the top of it. [12] Cast four gold rings and fasten them on the four supports of the ark, two rings on one side and two on the opposite side. [13] Then make poles of acacia wood and plate them with gold. [14] These poles you are to put through the rings on the sides of the ark, for carrying it; [15] they must remain in the rings of the ark and never be withdrawn.

(CCC 2130) Nevertheless, already in the Old Testament, God ordained or permitted the making of images that pointed symbolically toward salvation by the incarnate Word: so it was with the bronze serpent, the ark of the covenant, and the cherubim (Cf. Num 21:4-9; Wis 16:5-14; Jn 3:14-15; Ex 25:10-22; 1 Kings 6:23-28; 7:23-26).