³⁵ the ark of the Testimony with its poles, and the mercy seat;

⁸ the Holy Spirit indicating this, that ^(A)the way into the Holiest of All was not yet made manifest while the first tabernacle was still standing.

⁵ and ^(A)above it were the cherubim of glory overshadowing the mercy seat. Of these things we cannot now speak in detail.

^17 (A)“You shall make a mercy seat of pure gold; two and a half cubits shall be its length and a cubit and a half its width.