Exodus 37:1-9

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Making the Ark of the Covenant

37 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.^{(A) 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.^{(B) 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 cover of pure gold; two cubits and a half was its length and a cubit and a half its width.^{(C) 7} He made two cherubim of hammered gold; at the two ends of the cover he made them, ⁸ one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end; of one piece with the cover he made the cherubim at its two ends. ⁹ The cherubim spread out their wings above, overshadowing the cover with their wings. They faced one another; the faces of the cherubim were turned toward the cover.