Exodus 37:1-9 ▼

1 Next Bezalel made the Ark of acacia wood—a sacred chest 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high.

2 He overlaid it inside and outside with pure gold, and he ran a molding of gold all around it.

3 He cast four gold rings and attached them to its four feet, two rings on each side.

4 Then he made poles from acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.

5 He inserted the poles into the rings at the sides of the Ark to carry it.

6 Then he made the Ark’s cover—the place of atonement—from pure gold. It was 45 inches long and 27 inches wide.

7 He made two cherubim from hammered gold and placed them on the two ends of the atonement cover.

8 He molded the cherubim on each end of the atonement cover, making it all of one piece of gold.

9 The cherubim faced each other and looked down on the atonement cover. With their wings spread above it, they protected it.