Skip to content
Category

Hebrew Bible objects

page 1
Ark of the Covenant
in Judaism, a wooden chest containing the two stone tablets of the Ten Commandments
golden calf
idol worshipped by the Israelites in the Book of Exodus and the First Book of Kings
Jacob's Ladder
ladder to heaven seen by the biblical patriarch Jacob in a dream
Nehushtan
In the biblical Books of Kings (2 Kings 18:4; written c. 550 BC), the Nehushtan (; ) is the bronze image of a serpent on a pole. The image is described in the Book of Numbers, where Yahweh instructed Moses to erect it so that the Israelites who saw it would be cured and be protected from dying from the bites of the "fiery serpents", which Yahweh had sent to punish them for speaking against him and Moses ().
Urim and Thummim
elements of the breastplate worn by the Jewish High Priest
Tablets of Stone
stones inscribed with 10 commandments
Staff of Moses
Artifact/relic belonging to Moses; mentioned in the Bible and Quran.
Aaron's rod
staves carried by Moses's brother, Aaron, in the Torah
Mercy seat
gold lid placed on the Ark of the Covenant
Teraphim
thumb|Teraphim depicted in the Oedipus Aegyptiacus ([[Athanasius Kircher, 1652)]] Teraphim () is a word from the Hebrew Bible, found only in the plural, and of uncertain etymology. Despite being plural, teraphim may refer to singular objects. Teraphim is defined in classical rabbinical literature as "disgraceful things", but this is dismissed by modern etymologists. Many Bible translations into English translate it as idols or household god(s); its exact meaning in ancient times is unknown.
Ark of bulrushes
the boat of the infant Moses
coat of many colors
coat, cape, wrap, or tunic of Joseph, which his brothers drenched in blood and showed to heir father Jacob, to hide that they had sold Joseph into slavery
Micah's Idol
biblical narrative
Asherah pole
sacred tree or pole that stood near Canaanite religious locations to honor the Ugaritic mother-goddess Asherah, consort of El
matzevah
A masseba or matzeva (,, plural maṣṣēḇoṯ) is a term used in the Hebrew Bible for a baetyl, a type of sacred column or standing stone. In the Septuagint, it is translated as .