<P> The Ark of the Covenant ( Hebrew : אָרוֹן הַבְּרִית , Modern Arōn Ha'brēt , Tiberian ʾĀrôn Habbərîṯ ) , also known as the Ark of the Testimony , is a gold - covered wooden chest with lid cover described in the Book of Exodus as containing the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments . According to various texts within the Hebrew Bible , it also contained Aaron 's rod and a pot of manna . </P>
what was the content of the ark of god
the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments