Exodus 37:1-9

New Century Version

The Ark of the Agreement

37 Bezalel made the Ark of acacia wood; it was forty-five inches long, twenty-seven inches wide, and twenty-seven inches high. ² He covered it, both inside and out, with pure gold, and he put a gold strip around it. ³ He made four gold rings for it and attached them to its four feet, with two rings on each side. ⁴ Then he made poles of acacia wood and covered them with gold. ⁵ He put the poles through the rings on each side of the Ark to carry it. ⁶ Then he made a lid of pure gold that was forty-five inches long and twenty-seven inches wide. ⁷ Then Bezalel hammered gold to make two creatures with wings and attached them to each end of the lid. ⁸ He made one creature on one end of the lid and the other creature on the other end. He attached them to the lid so that it would be one piece. ⁹ The creatures’ wings were spread upward, covering the lid, and the creatures faced each other across the lid.