Exodus 37:1-9 ▼

1 Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; it was two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.

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

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

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

5 and put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark.

6 He made a mercy seat of pure gold; two cubits and a half was its length, and a cubit and a half its width.

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

8 one cherub at the one end, and one cherub at the other end; of one piece with the mercy seat he made the cherubim at its two ends.

9 The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy seat with their wings. They faced one another; the faces of the cherubim were turned toward the mercy seat.