³⁵ The ark of the testimony, and the staves thereof, and the mercy seat,

⁸ The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle was yet standing:

⁵ And over it the cherubims of glory shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly.

¹⁷ And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.