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A ship is a large watercraft designed for travel across the surface of a body of water, carrying cargo or passengers, or in support of specialized tasks such as warfare, oceanography and fishing. Ships are generally distinguished from boats, based on size, shape, load capacity and purpose.

A boat is a watercraft smaller than a ship, with various purposes and designs.
A generic term for small watercraft propelled by paddles, oars, sail, or motor, open or partially decked, and usually less than 45 feet (roughly 14 meters) in length. A vessel larger than this is customarily classed as a ship, although the word boat is often applied to certain working vessels—such as tugboat—that may be of considerable size.

ARK:The word translated ark is תֵּבָה tebah and it means a box or chest, which is why it came to English translations in this fashion; ‘ark’ derives from the Anglo Saxon ærc for casket – as clearly, God only tasks Noah to build a sea-worthy vessel, not a boat or ship.

ARK Defined as:
The chest containing the Ten Commandments written on stone tablets, carried by the Hebrews during their desert wanderings.
The Craft was built by Noah for survival during the Flood.
A large, commodious boat.

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It’s interesting, the word Boat only appears 5 times.
Once in the Old Testament:
2 Samuel 19:16-18 And Shimei the son of Gera, a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, hasted and came down with the men of Judah to meet king David. And there were a thousand men of Benjamin with him, and Ziba the servant of the house of Saul, and his fifteen sons and his twenty servants with him; and they went over Jordan before the king. And there went over a ferry boat to carry over the king’s household, and to do what he thought good. And Shimei the son of Gera fell down before the king, as he was come over Jordan;
And five times in the New Testament. Twice in John:
John 6:22 The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone;
And three times in Acts 27. Luke records their travel by Ship and when it wrecked: *(note: the boat is a lifeboat on the ship).
Acts 27:16 And running under a certain island which is called Clauda, we had much work to come by the boat:
Acts 27:30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship,
Acts 27:32 Then the soldiers cut off the ropes of the boat, and let her fall off.
Noah’s Ark is never referred to in the Bible as a boat.

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     Exodus 25:22 And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.
     Exodus 26:33-34 And thou shalt hang up the vail under the taches, that thou mayest bring in thither within the vail the ark of the testimony: and the vail shall divide unto you between the holy place and the most holy. And thou shalt put the mercy seat upon the ark of the testimony in the most holy place.
     Exodus 30:6 And thou shalt put it before the vail that is by the ark of the testimony, before the mercy seat that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. 
     Exodus 30:26 And thou shalt anoint the tabernacle of the congregation therewith, and the ark of the testimony,
     Exodus 31:7 The tabernacle of the congregation, and the ark of the testimony, and the mercy seat that is thereupon, and all the furniture of the tabernacle,
     Exodus 39:35 The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,
     Exodus 40:3 And thou shalt put therein the ark of the testimony, and cover the ark with the vail.
     Exodus 40:5 And thou shalt set the altar of gold for the incense before the ark of the testimony, and put the hanging of the door to the tabernacle.
     Exodus 40:21 And he brought the ark into the tabernacle, and set up the vail of the covering, and covered the ark of the testimony; as the LORD commanded Moses.
     Joshua 4:16 Command the priests that bear the ark of the testimony, that they come up out of Jordan.
 
    Ark of the Testimony (of the Lord) and Ark of the Covenant 
              appear to be the same.

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Exodus 2:1-6 And there went a man of the house of Levi, and took to wife a daughter of Levi. And the woman conceived, and bare a son: and when she saw him that he was a goodly child, she hid him three months. And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink. And his sister stood afar off, to wit what would be done to him. And the daughter of Pharaoh came down to wash herself at the river; and her maidens walked along by the river’s side; and when she saw the ark among the flags, she sent her maid to fetch it. And when she had opened it, she saw the child: and, behold, the babe wept. And she had compassion on him, and said, This is one of the Hebrews’ children.

Did the mother of the baby construct a basket (box) or a boat?
All it had to do was float and not tip over!

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Boat or Box?

There’s Noah’s ARK in Genesis 6

There’s Moses’s ARK in Exodus 2

Then there’s the Ark of the Covenant and the Ark of the Testimony of the Lord found in many books of the Bible.

What is an ARK?
The word “Ark” appears many times in the Bible (KJV: 230 times).
The term “Ark” holds significant meaning within the biblical context, symbolizing salvation, protection, and divine presence. Throughout scripture, the concept of the Ark is pivotal in various narratives, reflecting God’s covenant with humanity and His guidance through trials.
An Ark in the Bible refers to a container or chest, most notably the Ark of the Covenant, which was a sacred object that held the Tablets of the Law (the Ten Commandments) and symbolized God’s presence among the Israelites. Another well-known ark is Noah’s Ark, which was a large object built to save Noah, his family, and pairs of animals from the flood. And the Ark that baby Moses was placed in to float in the river.
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Exodus 25:10 And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.
(If a cubic is 18” the dimensions would have been Length 2.3”, Breadth 3’9”, Height 3’9”).

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    Genesis 6:13-16 And God said unto Noah, The end of all flesh is come before me; for the earth is filled with violence through them; and, behold, I will destroy them with the earth. Make thee an ark of gopher wood; rooms shalt thou make in the ark, and shalt pitch it within and without with pitch. And this is the fashion which thou shalt make it of: The length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits. A window shalt thou make to the ark, and in a cubit shalt thou finish it above; and the door of the ark shalt thou set in the side thereof; with lower, second, and third stories shalt thou make it.
(If a cubic is 18” than the structure was to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high)
   When one reads the instructions God gave to Noah, what did he build? 
A boat or a box?
Anything Long, wide, and tall can be a box, a sphere, or even a pyramid.
   There is much speculation on what it looked like! And many drawings, both serious and cartoonish.
   Noah's Ark is a large wooden vessel described in the Bible's book of Genesis, built by Noah to save his family and two of every animal species from a global flood sent by God. The story is part of various ancient flood myths and has been interpreted in many ways across different cultures and religions.
BOAT:
A group in Williamstown, Kentucky have constructed an ARK. Called the ‘ARK Encounter’.   It is very Impressive and well worth a visit. The information contained within the Ark will astound every visitor. See NOAHS ARK Kentucky

OR was it a BOX:
Again all God gave Noah (that’s recorded) is Length, Width, Height with one Door and One Window. All the Ark had to do was float. It didn’t need direction. Just Float and keep Noah, his family and all the animals alive, for a Year.

Anything Long, wide, and tall can be a box, a sphere, or even a pyramid.

If it is ever found, all arguments will be settled. Of course, God has kept it hidden, if not destroyed.
We only need to believe the Bible and Trust God.

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