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Making the Ark of the Testimony

37 (A)And Bezalel made the ark of acacia wood; its length was two and a half [a]cubits, and its width one and a half cubits, and its height one and a half cubits; and he overlaid it with pure gold inside and out, and made a gold molding for it all around. He cast four rings of gold for it on its four feet; even two rings on one side of it, and two rings on the [b]other side of it. He made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold. He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry [c]it. He made a [d]mercy seat of pure gold, two and a half [e]cubits [f]long and one and a half cubits [g]wide. He made two cherubim of gold; he made them of hammered work [h]at the two ends of the mercy seat; one cherub [i]at the one end and one cherub [j]at the other end; from one piece he made the mercy seat with the cherubim [k]at its two ends. The cherubim had their wings spread upward, covering the mercy seat with their wings, with their faces toward each other; the faces of the cherubim were toward the mercy seat.

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 37:1 A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm
  2. Exodus 37:3 Lit second
  3. Exodus 37:5 Lit the ark
  4. Exodus 37:6 Or propitiatory seat, place of atonement, so through v 9
  5. Exodus 37:6 A cubit was approx. 18 in. or 45 cm
  6. Exodus 37:6 Lit its length
  7. Exodus 37:6 Lit its width
  8. Exodus 37:7 Lit from
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