Exodus 25:10–20

THE ARK

¹⁰“They are to make an ark^x of acacia wood, forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.^{D 11}Overlay it with pure gold; overlay it both inside and out. Also make a gold molding all around it. ¹²Cast four gold rings for it and place them on its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side. ¹³Make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. ¹⁴Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them. ¹⁵The poles are to remain in the rings of the ark; they must not be removed from it. ¹⁶Put the tablets of the testimony that I will give you into the ark.^{y 17}Make a mercy seat^z of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.^{F 18}Make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat. ¹⁹Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. At its two ends, make the cherubim of one piece with the mercy seat. ²⁰The cherubim are to have wings spread out above, covering^a the mercy seat with their wings, and are to face one another. The faces of the cherubim should be toward the mercy seat.