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Hebrews 9:4

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having a golden altar of incense, and the ark of the covenant overlaid on all sides with gold, in which was a golden pot holding the manna, Aaron’s rod that budded, and the tablets of the covenant;

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  • What was in the Ark of the Covenant?

    1 Kings 8:9 and 2 Chronicles 5:10 both state flatly that when Solomon brought the ark into the temple, "there was nothing in the ark save the two tables of stone." Hebrews 9:4, describing the same ark, says it contained "the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the covenant" — three items, not one.

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