Undoubtedly the Ark was
electrically charged! If we reconstruct it today
according to the instructions handed down by Moses, an
electric conductor [condenser?] of several
hundred volts is producedÉ If, in addition, one of
the two cherubim on the mercy seat acted as a magnet,
the loudspeaker—perhaps
even a kind of set for communication between Moses and the spaceship—was perfect. (Chariots, 57)