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Deuteronomy’s refusal to limit God’s presence to objects such as the ark helps to explain its similar rejection of the temple The Jerusalem temple, unlike the tabernacle, was a permanent structure, although (like the tabernacle) it was a place of worship and religious activity. Further indications of Deuteronomy’s rejection of the ark as a symbol of God’s presence are its omission of the ark from those texts in Numbers that depict God traveling above the ark in the wilderness (Deuteronomy 1:33, 42 Numbers 10:33-36). More above the ark are described as God’s throne from which God speaks to Moses Prophet who led Israel out of Egypt to the Promised Land and received the law at Sinai More (Exodus 25)–Deuteronomy describes the ark only as a chest that houses the tablets (Deuteronomy 10:1-5 31:26). In the book of Isaiah God is said to be enthroned above the cherubim. These creatures were reputed to be a part of the ark of the covenant. More are housed and, more important, as a symbol of God’s presence–since it is God’s footstool, and the cherubim The cherubim are winged creatures who support the throne of God. In the Bible the promises made between God and God’s people are known as covenants they state or imply a relationship of commitment and obedience. Whereas the traditions found in Exodus depict the ark as the place where the tablets of the covenant A covenant is a promise or agreement.