If you say, "The Ark of the Covenant" out loud it instantly brings to mind Indiana Jones...Raiders of the Lost Ark. The Spielberg movie glorifies the hunt for the legendary artifact and how it seems to destroy evil on its own will. The actual description of the ark taken from Exodus 25:10-22 is "Make a Box out of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high. Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it. Make four carrying rings of gold for it and attach them to its four legs, with two rings on each side. Make carrying poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold and put them through the rings on each side of the Box. The poles are to be left in the rings and must not be taken out. Then put in the Box...