Exodus 25:8-22

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁸ And have them make me a sanctuary, so that I may dwell among them. ⁹ In accordance with all that I show you concerning the pattern of the tabernacle and of all its furniture, so you shall make it.

The Ark of the Covenant

¹⁰ They shall make an ark of acacia wood; it shall be two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high. ¹¹ You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and outside you shall overlay it, and you shall make a moulding of gold upon it all round. ¹² You shall cast four rings of gold for it and put them on its four feet, two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the other side. ¹³ You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold. ¹⁴ And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, by which to carry the ark. ¹⁵ The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be taken from it. ¹⁶ You shall put into the ark the covenant^[a] that I shall give you.

¹⁷ Then you shall make a mercy-seat^[b] of pure gold; two cubits and a half shall be its length, and a cubit and a half its width. ¹⁸ You shall make two cherubim of gold; you shall make them of hammered work, at the two ends of the mercy-seat.^{[c] 19} Make one cherub at one end, and one cherub at the other; of one piece with the mercy-seat^[d] you shall make the cherubim at its two ends. ²⁰ The cherubim shall spread out their wings above, overshadowing the mercy-seat^[e] with their wings. They shall face each other; the faces of the cherubim shall be turned towards the mercy-seat.^{[f] 21} You shall put the mercy-seat^[g] on the top of the ark; and in the ark you shall put the covenant^[h] that I shall give you. ²² There I will meet you, and from above the mercy-seat,^[i] from between the two cherubim that are on the ark of the covenant,^[j] I will deliver to you all my commands for the Israelites.