‏ Exodus 25:10-20

Ark of the Covenant

10 “Now athey shall construct an
I.e., chest
ark of acacia wood
About 3.7 ft. long and 2.2 ft. wide and high or 1.1 m and 68 cm
two and a half cubits
Lit its length
long, one and a half cubits
Lit its width
wide, and one and a half cubits
Lit its height
high.
11You shall goverlay it with pure gold, inside and out you shall overlay it, and you shall make a gold molding
Lit on it round about
around it.
12You shall also cast four gold rings for it and
Or put
fasten them on its four feet; two rings shall be on one side of it, and two rings on the other side of it.
13And you shall make poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold. 14You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them. 15The jpoles shall
Lit be
remain in the rings of the ark; they shall not be removed from it.
16You shall lput into the ark the testimony which I shall give you.

17 “And you shall mmake
Also called a mercy seat, and so throughout the ch; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
an atoning cover of pure gold,
About 3.7 ft. long and 2.2 ft. wide or 1.1 m and 68 cm
two and a half cubits
Lit its length
long and one and a half cubits
Lit its width
wide.
18You shall make two cherubim of gold; make them of hammered work
Lit from
at the two ends of the atoning cover.
19Make one cherub
Lit from
at one end and one cherub
Lit from
at the other end; you shall make the cherubim of one piece
Lit from
with the atoning cover at its two ends.
20And vthe cherubim shall have their wings spread upward, covering the atoning cover with their wings and
Lit their faces to
facing one another; the faces of the cherubim are to be turned toward the atoning cover.
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