Study Desk

"Now they shall construct an ark of acacia wood two and a half cubits long, one and a half cubits wide, and one and a half cubits high.

And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof.

"You shall overlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding around it.

And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.

"You shall also cast four gold rings for it and fasten them on its four feet; two rings shall be on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.

And thou shalt cast four rings of gold for it, and put them in the four corners thereof; and two rings shall be in the one side of it, and two rings in the other side of it.

"And you shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.

And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

"You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them.

And thou shalt put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

"The poles shall remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it.

The staves shall be in the rings of the ark: they shall not be taken from it.

"You shall put into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.

And thou shalt put into the ark the testimony which I shall give thee.

"And you shall make an atoning cover of pure gold, two and a half cubits long and one and a half cubits wide.

And thou shalt make a mercy seat of pure gold: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof.

"You shall make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work at the two ends of the atoning cover.

And thou shalt make two cherubims of gold, of beaten work shalt thou make them, in the two ends of the mercy seat.

"Make one cherub at one end and one cherub at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece with the atoning cover at its two ends.

And make one cherub on the one end, and the other cherub on the other end: even of the mercy seat shall ye make the cherubims on the two ends thereof.

"And the cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the atoning cover with their wings and facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the atoning cover.

And the cherubims shall stretch forth their wings on high, covering the mercy seat with their wings, and their faces shall look one to another; toward the mercy seat shall the faces of the cherubims be.

"Then you shall put the atoning cover on top of the ark, and in the ark you shall put the testimony which I will give to you.

And thou shalt put the mercy seat above upon the ark; and in the ark thou shalt put the testimony that I shall give thee.

"There I will meet with you; and from above the atoning cover, from between the two cherubim which are upon the ark of the testimony, I will speak to you about every commandment that I will give you for the sons of Israel.

And there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from above the mercy seat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I will give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.