The Ark Doesn't Contain Yahweh

The Ark is never described as emitting any source of power or any force. It's not like you can push a button and there goes a death ray out of the Ark. That doesn't come from the Bible. There's nothing to be said for that. The Ark mediated the presence of deity in a limited fashion, but not in the same way that an image did. But it did not contain the divine essence.

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