Exodus 25:10–22

The Ark of the Testimony

^10g“And they shall make an ark of acacia wood; two and a half cubits shall be its length, a cubit and a half its width, and a cubit and a half its height. ¹¹And you shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and shall make on it a molding of ^hgold all around. ¹²You shall cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in its four corners; two rings shall be on one side, and two rings on the other side. ¹³And you shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. ¹⁴You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried by them. ¹⁵ⁱThe poles shall be in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it. ¹⁶And you shall put into the ark ^jthe Testimony which I will give you.

^17k“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits shall be its length and a cubit and a half its width. ¹⁸And you shall make two cherubim of gold; of hammered work you shall make them at the two ends of the mercy seat. ¹⁹Make one cherub at one end, and the other cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim at the two ends of it of one piece with the mercy seat. ²⁰And ^lthe cherubim shall stretch out their wings above, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and they shall face one another; the faces of the cherubim shall be toward the mercy seat. ^21mYou shall put the mercy seat on top of the ark, and ⁿin the ark you shall put the Testimony that I will give you. ²²And ^othere I will meet with you, and I will speak with you from above the mercy seat, from ^pbetween the two cherubim which are on the ark of the Testimony, about everything which I will give you in commandment to the children of Israel.