Exodus 37:1-9

Expanded Bible

The Ark of the Covenant^(A)

37 Bezalel made the Ark of acacia wood; it was ·forty-five inches [^Ltwo and a half cubits] long, ·twenty-seven inches [^Lone and a half cubits] wide, and twenty-seven inches [^Lone and a half cubits] high. ² He ·covered [overlaid] it, both inside and out, with pure gold, and he put a gold ·strip [molding] around it. ³ He ·made [cast] four gold rings for it and attached them to its four feet, with two rings on ·each [one side and two rings on the other] side. ⁴ Then he made poles of acacia wood and ·covered [cast; overlay] 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 [mercy seat; atonement cover] of pure gold that was ·forty-five inches [^Ltwo and a half cubits] long and ·twenty-seven inches [^Lone and a half cubits] wide. ⁷ Then Bezalel ·hammered gold to make two creatures with wings [^Lmade two golden cherubim of hammered gold; ^Ccherubim are powerful angelic creatures] and attached them to each end of the ·lid [cover; ^Cthe mercy seat]. ⁸ He made one ·creature [^Lcherubim] on one end of the lid and the ·other creature [^Lcherubim] on the other end. He attached them to the ·lid [mercy seat; atonement cover] so that it would be one piece. ⁹ The ·creatures’ [^Lcherubim’s] wings were spread upward, covering the ·lid [mercy seat; atonement cover], and the ·creatures [^Lcherubim] faced each other across the ·lid [mercy seat; atonement cover].