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Exodus 25:8-22
New International Reader's Version
Exodus 25:8-22
New International Reader's Version
8 “Have them make a sacred tent for me. I will live among them. 9 Make the holy tent and everything that belongs to it. Make them exactly like the pattern I will show you.
The Ark of the Covenant Law
10 “Have them make an ark out of acacia wood. It must be a chest three feet nine inches long and two feet three inches wide and high. 11 Cover it inside and outside with pure gold. Put a strip of gold around it. 12 Make four gold rings for it. Join them to its four bottom corners. Put two rings on one side and two rings on the other. 13 Then make poles out of acacia wood. Cover them with gold. 14 Put the poles through the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it. 15 The poles must remain in the rings of the ark. Do not remove them. 16 I will give you the tablets of the covenant law. When I do, put them into the ark.
17 “Make its cover out of pure gold. The cover is the place where sin will be paid for. Make it three feet nine inches long and two feet three inches wide. 18 Make two cherubim out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. 19 Put one of the cherubim on each end of it. Make the cherubim part of the cover itself. 20 They must have their wings spread up over the cover. The cherubim must face each other and look toward the cover. 21 Place the cover on top of the ark. I will give you the tablets of the covenant law. Put them in the ark. 22 The ark is where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. I will meet with you above the cover between the two cherubim that are over the ark. There I will give you all my commands for the Israelites.
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Exodus 25:8-22
New International Version
Exodus 25:8-22
New International Version
8 “Then have them make a sanctuary(A) for me, and I will dwell(B) among them. 9 Make this tabernacle and all its furnishings exactly like the pattern(C) I will show you.
The Ark(D)
10 “Have them make an ark[a](E) of acacia wood—two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.[b] 11 Overlay(F) it with pure gold, both inside and out, and make a gold molding around it. 12 Cast four gold rings for it and fasten them to its four feet, with two rings(G) on one side and two rings on the other. 13 Then make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.(H) 14 Insert the poles(I) into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it. 15 The poles are to remain in the rings of this ark; they are not to be removed.(J) 16 Then put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law,(K) which I will give you.
17 “Make an atonement cover(L) of pure gold—two and a half cubits long and a cubit and a half wide. 18 And make two cherubim(M) out of hammered gold at the ends of the cover. 19 Make one cherub on one end and the second cherub on the other; make the cherubim of one piece with the cover, at the two ends. 20 The cherubim(N) are to have their wings spread upward, overshadowing(O) the cover with them. The cherubim are to face each other, looking toward the cover. 21 Place the cover on top of the ark(P) and put in the ark the tablets of the covenant law(Q) that I will give you. 22 There, above the cover between the two cherubim(R) that are over the ark of the covenant law, I will meet(S) with you and give you all my commands for the Israelites.(T)
Footnotes
- Exodus 25:10 That is, a chest
- Exodus 25:10 That is, about 3 3/4 feet long and 2 1/4 feet wide and high or about 1.1 meters long and 68 centimeters wide and high; similarly in verse 17
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