Now when Moses went into the tent of meeting to speak with Him, he heard the voice speaking to him from above the mercy seat that was on the ark of the testimony, from between the two cherubim, so He spoke to him.I'll admit it's been a while (far too long) since I was covering this, but I believe that this is the first instance of God speaking from the ark. The formal line of communication is now set between God and man.
So why does God now only speak from the ark? Is it because it's now there, so He can use it? It's not like He had any trouble before this in speaking to Moses. And throughout the Bible, He speaks many times elsewhere. The only thought I have is that because He has to choose those He will speak through, and He has now set aside a special people to do His service, the ark is used because only those people can enter in to it safely. Also, this way everyone will know when someone is falsely speaking.
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