Why acacia wood for the ark




















Last edited: May 21, Like x 1 List. May 21, 7. May 21, 8. Joil a fountain shall flow from the house of the Lord the mountains shall drip with wine May 22, 9.

May 22, The number of tree species in Saudi Arabia is only 97 Acacia abyssinica Acacia asak Acacia etbaica Acacia gerrardii Acacia hamulosa Acacia latea Acacia mellifera Acacia origena Acacia raddiana Acacia seyal This is the most likely candidate, the Red acacia , known also as the shittah tree the source of shittim wood is a thorny, 6—10 m 20—33 ft high tree with a pale greenish or reddish bark. At the base of the 3—10 cm 1.

The blossoms are displayed in round, bright yellow clusters approximately in 1. In Vachellia seyal var. It is distributed from Egypt to Kenya and west Senegal. In the Sahara, it often grows in damp valleys. It is also found at wadis in the Arabian Peninsula. Property of this species Gum arabic Vachellia seyal is, along with other Vachellias, an important source for gum arabic, a natural polysaccharide, that exudes from damaged stems and solidifies.

The bark and seed pods of Vachellia seyal var. Wood Wood from the tree is said to have been used in Ancient Egypt to make coffins and also the Ark of the Covenant. Bark The bark is used to treat dysentery and bacterial infections of the skin, such as leprosy.

The bark is also used as a stimulant. Gum The gum is used as an aphrodisiac, to treat diarrhea, as an emollient, to treat hemorrhaging, inflammation of the eye, intestinal ailments and rhinitis. The gum is used to ward off arthritis and bronchitis. Wood Incense from the wood is used to treat pain from rheumatism and to keep expectant mothers from contracting rhinitis and fevers. Most of that is from Perdue U. May 23, Some more facts about the Acacia tree, specifically the one above producing 'gum Arabic'.

Kulkarni, P. Gopalan 'Gum Arabica is a natural biopolymer that originates from the Acacia plant. Preliminary testing has shown that natural gum occurring from some of the Acacia exhibit conducting polymer like electrical properties. It was also found that it is a solid protonic conductor and has good thermal and electrical stability up to 80 degrees C. I wanted to find out about the frequencies of the acacia wood as I think this was a major factor in its choice of wood for the ark and it's poles for carrying and also the altar and the boards surrounding the Holy of Holies.

It took some searching but I found something interesting in relationship to guitar making. I am thinking that the combination of the acacia wood covered in gold as well as the Holy of Holies walls same thing, and the clothing that Aaron wore had something to do with his protection.

Remember Uzzah? I think it's more complicated than that. The Levites were allowed to carry it, on the poles but it seems by the context that it wasn't properly covered. The reason 'I believe' that it was only for the Levites to handle and only for Aaron once a year or whomever the HP was was because they were dressed for it.

The origin of the name is the Greek word for thorn and hints at the spikiness of its members. Many species in Israel are fast-growing but short-lived evergreens. The leaf is doubly pinnate, having many leaflets. The flowers are minuscule, the calyx is bell-shaped and the corolla is small and not prominent. The stamens are long and colored.

The flowers are arranged in multi-flowered inflorescence. The pod of the fruit either opens or is un-openable, mainly cylindrical or oblate.

Many species are ornamental and utilitarian trees from which many materials and products are extracted: medicines, raw materials for paint, perfumes, charcoal used to be prepared from the resin and it was also a source of food for the flock. Prevalence in Israel. Three species grow in the Land of Israel in the desert and one rare species in the Mediterranean region.

In large areas of the desert lands of the Negev and Sinai, acacia trees are the only trees. More than 20 ornamental species, originating from Africa and Australia, are also grown in the country. Uzzah was the son of Abinadab , in whose house the men of Kirjath-jearim placed the Ark when it was brought back from the land of the Philistines. Aaron provides his rod to represent the tribe of Levi, and "it put forth buds, produced blossoms, and bore ripe almonds" Numbers , as an evidence of the exclusive right to the priesthood of the tribe of Levi.

The Israelites carried the Ark with them during their 40 years spent wandering in the desert, and after the conquest of Canaan, it was brought to Shiloh. Tradition credits Moses as the author of Genesis, as well as the books of Exodus , Leviticus , Numbers and most of Deuteronomy , but modern scholars increasingly see them as a product of the 6th and 5th centuries BC. The Philistine captivity of the Ark was an episode described in the biblical history of the Israelites , in which the Ark of the covenant was in the possession of the Philistines , who had captured it after defeating the Israelites in a battle at a location between Eben-ezer, where the Israelites encamped, and Aphek.

Dagan, also spelled Dagon , West Semitic god of crop fertility, worshiped extensively throughout the ancient Middle East.

At Ras Shamra, Dagan was apparently second in importance only to El, the supreme god, although his functions as a god of vegetation seem to have been transferred to Baal by about bc. Some passages in the text depict priests wading up to their knees in blood, and others describe 1. As part of his covenant with Abraham, God has the obligation to keep Abraham's descendants as God's chosen people and be their God. God acts as the suzerain power and is the party of the covenant accompanied by the required action that comes with the oath whether it be fire or animals in the sacrificial oaths.

Manna Hebrew:??? The Holy of Holies was located in the westernmost end of the Temple building, being a perfect cube: 20 cubits by 20 cubits by 20 cubits. The inside was in total darkness and contained the Ark of the Covenant, gilded inside and out, in which was placed the Tablets of the Covenant.

According to the Hebrew Bible the kaporet Hebrew:???????????? The Hebrew nouns in the two accounts differ, one is most commonly translated as " tent of meeting ," while the other is usually translated as " tabernacle. What wood was used to build the Ark of the Covenant?



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