Exodus 25:10–22

The Covenant Box

¹⁰“Make a box out of acacia wood, 110 centimetres long, 66 centimetres wide, and 66 centimetres high. ¹¹Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all round it. ¹²Make four carrying rings of gold for it and attach them to its four legs, with two rings on each side. ¹³Make carrying poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold ¹⁴and put them through the rings on each side of the box. ¹⁵The poles are to be left in the rings and must not be taken out. ¹⁶Then put in the box the two stone tablets that I will give you, on which the commandments are written.

^17*“Make a lid of pure gold, 110 centimetres long and 66 centimetres wide. ¹⁸Make two winged creatures^a of hammered gold, ¹⁹one for each end of the lid. Make them so that they form one piece with the lid. ²⁰The winged creatures are to face each other across the lid, and their outspread wings are to cover it. ²¹Put the two stone tablets inside the box and put the lid on top of it. ²²I will meet you there, and from above the lid between the two winged creatures I will give you all my laws for the people of Israel.