Exodus 25:10-22

Good News Translation

The Covenant Box^(A)

¹⁰ “Make a Box out of acacia wood, 45 inches long, 27 inches wide, and 27 inches high. ¹¹ Cover it with pure gold inside and out and put a gold border all around it. ¹² Make four carrying rings of gold for it and attach them to its four legs, with two rings on each side. ¹³ Make carrying poles of acacia wood and cover them with gold ¹⁴ and put them through the rings on each side of the Box. ¹⁵ The poles are to be left in the rings and must not be taken out. ¹⁶ Then put in the Box the two stone tablets that I will give you, on which the commandments are written.

^17 (B)“Make a lid of pure gold, 45 inches long and 27 inches wide. ¹⁸ Make two winged creatures^[a] of hammered gold, ¹⁹ one for each end of the lid. Make them so that they form one piece with the lid. ²⁰ The winged creatures are to face each other across the lid, and their outspread wings are to cover it. ²¹ Put the two stone tablets inside the Box and put the lid on top of it. ²² I will meet you there, and from above the lid between the two winged creatures I will give you all my laws for the people of Israel.