Exodus 37:1-9 ▼

1 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high.

2 He overlaid it with pure gold inside and out and made a gold molding all around it.

3 He cast four gold rings for it, for its four feet, two rings on one side and two rings on the other side.

4 He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

5 He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark for carrying the ark.

6 He made a mercy seat of pure gold, forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide.

7 He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the mercy seat,

8 one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end. At each end, he made a cherub of one piece with the mercy seat.

9 They had wings spread out. They faced each other and covered the mercy seat with their wings. The faces of the cherubim were looking toward the mercy seat.