The Ark of the covenant

The Ark. Acacia core sheathed in gold within and without, a lid of solid gold, poles never removed, a designated crew, and a lethal no-contact rule.

In plain words

The Ark is built to exact instructions: acacia wood covered in gold, poles never removed, a set crew, and death for anyone who touches it. Labelled speculation, stated at full strength: it is a device, and its rules are load-bearing, not ceremonial.

The mechanism

A BUILD SPEC WITH A BODY COUNT — the record handles it the way you handle something that will kill you if handled wrong, and treats the rules as load-bearing rather than ceremonial

Scripture

Exodus 25:10–22; Numbers 4:15

How it was checked

• EvidenceT3 SCRIPTURE; Status: LABELLED SPECULATION
• Letter eraTHE LINE HELD THROUGH HELL Abraham to Solomon, c. 2000 to c. 930 BC
• Plate — James Tissot, "L'Arche" (Exodus 25:10), Phillip Medhurst Collection, St George's Court, Kidderminster · CC BY-SA 4.0 · source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L%27Arche_(Exodus_25_10)_%E2%80%A2_invenit_James_Tissot_%E2%80%A2_faciebat_James_Tissot_%E2%80%A2_excudit_Maurice_de_Brunoff_apud_Philip_de_Vere_%E2%80%A2_praesentat_Phillip_Medhurst.jpg
• SourcesSCRIPTURE — Exodus 25:10–22; Numbers 4:15