Exodus 25:15-17

Amplified Bible

¹⁵ The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it [so that the ark itself need not be touched]. ¹⁶ You shall put into the ark the Testimony (Ten Commandments) which I will give you.

¹⁷ “You shall make a ^[a]mercy seat (cover) of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.