SEV Biblia, Chapter 25:10
¶ Harán también un arca de madera de cedro, cuya longitud será de dos codos y medio, y su anchura de codo y medio, y su altura de codo y medio.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Exodus 25:10
Verse 10. They shall make an ark] wra aron signifies an ark, chest, coffer, or coffin. It is used particularly to designate that chest or coffer in which the testimony or two tables of the covenant was laid up, on the top of which was the propitiatory or mercy-seat, (see on ver. 17,) and at the end of which were the cherubim of gold, (ver. 18-20,) between whom the visible sign of the presence of the supreme God appeared as seated upon his throne. The ark was the most excellent of all the holy things which belonged to the Mosaic economy, and for its sake the tabernacle and the temple were built, chap. xxvi. 33; xl. 18, 21. It was considered as conferring a sanctity wherever it was fixed, 2 Chronicles 8;11; 2 Sam. vi. 12. Two cubits and a half shall be the length, &c.] About four feet five inches in length, taking the cubit as twenty-one inches, and two feet six inches in breadth and in depth. As this ark was chiefly intended to deposit the two tables of stone in, which had been written by the finger of God, we may very reasonably conjecture that the length of those tables was not less than four feet and their breadth not less than two. As to their thickness we can say nothing, as the depth of the ark was intended for other matters besides the two tables, such as Aaron's rod, the pot of manna, &c., &c., though probably these were laid up beside, not in, the ark.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 10-22 - The ark was a chest, overlaid with gold, in which the two tables of the law were to be kept. These tables are called the testimony; God in the testified his will. This law was a testimony to the Israelites, to direct them in their duty, and would be a testimony against them, i they transgressed. This ark was placed in the holy of holies; the bloo of the sacrifices was sprinkled, and the incense burned, before it, by the high priest; and above it appeared the visible glory, which was the symbol of the Divine presence. This was a type of Christ in his sinles nature, which saw no corruption, in personal union with his Divin nature, atoning for our sins against it, by his death. The cherubim of gold looked one towards another, and both looked downward toward the ark. It denotes the angels' attendance on the Redeemer, their readines to do his will, their presence in the assemblies of saints, and their desire to look into the mysteries of the gospel. It was covered with covering of gold, called the mercy-seat. God is said to dwell, or sin between the cherubim, on the mercy-seat. There he would give his law and hear supplicants, as a prince on his throne.
Original Hebrew
ועשׂו 6213 ארון 727 עצי 6086 שׁטים 7848 אמתים 520 וחצי 2677 ארכו 753 ואמה 520 וחצי 2677 רחבו 7341 ואמה 520 וחצי 2677 קמתו׃ 6967
