{"id":1147,"date":"2010-05-23T12:27:53","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T12:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/?p=1147"},"modified":"2022-08-26T08:33:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-26T08:33:17","slug":"bijou-arkette","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.benjeapes.com\/index.php\/2010\/05\/bijou-arkette\/","title":{"rendered":"Bijou Arkette"},"content":{"rendered":"

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And if you can’t tell what it is just by looking, you’re not my target readership.<\/div>\n
While the rest of us were singing “Come down O love divine” with the pauses in all the wrong places, the kids were having fun. Compare it with the\u00a0original assembly instructions<\/a>:<\/div>\n
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10<\/sup>\u00a0“Have them make a chest of acacia wood\u2014two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.\u00a011<\/sup>\u00a0Overlay it with pure gold, both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it.12<\/sup>\u00a0Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, with two rings on one side and two rings on the other.\u00a013<\/sup>\u00a0Then make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.\u00a014<\/sup>\u00a0Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the chest to carry it.\u00a015<\/sup>\u00a0The poles are to remain in the rings of this ark; they are not to be removed.\u00a016<\/sup>\u00a0Then put in the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Having the rings dangle freely on the poles misses the point a little, but we’ll let it pass. The manual goes on to say:<\/div>\n
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17<\/sup>\u00a0“Make an atonement cover of pure gold\u2014two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide.\u00a018<\/sup>\u00a0And make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover.\u00a019<\/sup>\u00a0Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends.\u00a020<\/sup>\u00a0The cherubim are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover.\u00a021<\/sup>\u00a0Place the cover on top of the ark and put in the ark the Testimony, which I will give you.\u00a022<\/sup>\u00a0There, above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark of the Testimony, I will meet with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.”<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Okay, there’s only one cherub. This is a high-speed Ark of the Covenant for the modern age, with no time for that fancy wandering-in-the-wilderness-for-40-years malarkey. We intend to take the Promised Land before tea time and a backwards facing cherub wouldn’t be aerodynamic.<\/div>\n
Next week: advanced tent making.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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