Speaking of the Arc of the Covenant...
...the original is in Israel in a catacomb under the north side of Old City of Jerusalem.
If that is the case, then the ultimate question must be posed, "Why is it still sitting there and not brought out to unleash the almighty power that it contains to slay the Arabs who want to wipe Israel off the face of the earth?"
Do the Levites have something "up their sleeve" for later, after more Jews are maimed and killed, or are they putting together a sequel to the Book of Job, i.e. "Job II, the Sufferer Guy"?
Hammurabi's original code of laws that afforded Sumer (Babylonia proper) a civil and criminal law system centuries before the Old Testament was scripted are probably in the Arc, if it in fact the Arc ever existed, and the Jews damn sure don't want anybody to know about that.
Those who aren't afraid of being struck down by a bolt of lightning should go
Here and look for the similarities of the Babylonian Hammurabi's Code of Laws and those rewritten centuries later as the text of the Bible.
...or
Here #2 for further enlightenment.
A note of interest: Hammurabi's reign was from 1795-1750 BC... ...the original is in Israel in a catacomb under the north side of Old City of Jerusalem.
If that is the case, then the ultimate question must be posed, "Why is it still sitting there and not brought out to unleash the almighty power that it contains to slay the Arabs who want to wipe Israel off the face of the earth?"
The truth is they did try to go get it. They started digging under the dome of the rock and the arabs complained the israelis were trying to blow up the dome of the rock. They ended up stopping and according to jewish tradition it is still somewhere under the temple mount and will stay there until the messiah comes.