Making the Ark of the Covenant

37 And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width and a cubit and a half its height. ² And he overlaid it with pure gold inside and outside, and he made for it a gold molding all around. ³ And he cast for it four gold rings on its four feet; and two rings were on its one side, and two rings were on its second side. ⁴ And he made poles of acacia wood, and he overlaid them with gold. ⁵ And he put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.

⁶ And he made an atonement cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits its length and a cubit and a half its width. ⁷ And he made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work at the two ends of the atonement cover. ⁸ One cherub was at one end,^[a] and one cherub was at the other end^[b] of the atonement cover; he made the cherubim at its two ends. ⁹ And the cherubim were with outspread wings above, covering with their wings over the atonement cover and facing each other;^[c] the faces of the cherubim were toward the atonement cover.