The Jews in ancient, mediaeval and modern times . their conquests. According to Josephus, the ark was a shrine ofprecious wood, five spans in length, three spans inbreadth, and three in height. It was covered withgold, both within and without, so that the woodenpart was not seen. A lid united to the side bygolden hinges closed the casket ; in each side werefastened two golden rings, through which gilded barswere passed, that it might be borne upon the shoul-ders of the priests. Upon the cover were twocherubim, flying creatures, their form not like toany of the creatures which men have seen, th
The Jews in ancient, mediaeval and modern times . their conquests. According to Josephus, the ark was a shrine ofprecious wood, five spans in length, three spans inbreadth, and three in height. It was covered withgold, both within and without, so that the woodenpart was not seen. A lid united to the side bygolden hinges closed the casket ; in each side werefastened two golden rings, through which gilded barswere passed, that it might be borne upon the shoul-ders of the priests. Upon the cover were twocherubim, flying creatures, their form not like toany of the creatures which men have seen, thoughMoses said he had seen such creatures near thethrone of God. The ark contained the two tablesof stone, brought down from Sinai by Moses, uponwhich were inscribed the ten commandments. Onthe march, the tribe of Levi was the especial guardof the ark, which was borne in the centre of thepeople. On the east proceeded Judah, on the south,Reuben, on the west, Ephraim, on the north, Dan,each tribe beneath the banner marked with its en-* 17 18 THE STORY OF THE JEWS. sign. When in camp, the ark rested in the Holy ofHoHes of the Tabernacle, in the midst of the tribes,each in its fixed place. The Canaanites, againstwhom the Israelites went, were a people superiorto them in numbers, perhaps also in they did not extirpate, but subdued andabsorbed, deriving their power to do so from thefierce conviction which inspired them, that theyamong all the races of the earth were the especialfavorites of Heaven. Joshua, Gideon, Jephthah, show their tribes of Simeon and Levi undergo annihila-tion ; Judah is hard pressed, but maintains itself atlast through the might of Caleb. The south of Pal-estine is gained ; at length, the central plateau, andthe ark is brought from its sanctuary on the bordersof the desert northward to Shiloh. The Canaanites,at discord among themselves, oppose but north at length is laid open b\ the defeat ofthe king of Haz
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